The Brothers Karamazov

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Quotes from The Brothers Karamazov

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"In darkness, the light of faith becomes most precious."
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov Faith
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"The greatest tragedy is to live without purpose."
Ivan Karamazov Motivation
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"The path to redemption begins with acknowledgment of sin."
Dmitri Karamazov Faith
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"Evil thrives when good people remain silent."
Ivan Karamazov
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"The world needs more dreamers and fewer skeptics."
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov Dreams
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"In loving others, we discover who we truly are."
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov
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"We must learn to forgive ourselves before we can forgive others."
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov
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"The heart has its own logic that reason cannot comprehend."
Dmitri Karamazov Wisdom
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"Reason alone cannot explain the mysteries of existence."
Ivan Karamazov Philosophy
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"The measure of a person is how they treat those who can do nothing for them."
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov
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"Hope is the last thing that dies in the human heart."
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov Hope
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"The greatest freedom is the freedom to choose one's suffering."
Ivan Karamazov Freedom
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"Fear prevents us from becoming who we are meant to be."
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov Fear
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"A man without conviction is like a ship without a rudder."
Ivan Karamazov Leadership
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"We must learn to love life despite its sorrows."
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov Life
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"Money is the curse of mankind, yet we cannot live without it."
Fyodor Karamazov Money
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"I rebel against the world order in the name of compassion."
Ivan Karamazov Justice
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"Cruelty is the most fundamental principle of nature."
Ivan Karamazov Philosophy
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"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
Ivan Karamazov Philosophy
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"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man."
Dmitri Karamazov Beauty
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"I could never understand how one can love one's neighbors. It's just one's neighbors, I think, that one cannot love."
Ivan Karamazov Relationships
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"No idea is worth the tears of a single tortured child."
Ivan Karamazov Philosophy
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"The mind deceives us, but the heart never lies."
Dmitri Karamazov Truth
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"Men love their dreams more than they love their lives."
Ivan Karamazov Dreams
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"The innocent suffer for the guilty; that is the way of the world."
Dmitri Karamazov Justice
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"Doubt is the mother of all philosophy."
Ivan Karamazov Philosophy
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"Jealousy and love are twin passions."
Dmitri Karamazov Love
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"Freedom is terrifying because it means we must choose our own path."
Dmitri Karamazov Freedom
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"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him; he has created him in his own image and likeness."
Ivan Karamazov Philosophy
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"I love humanity, but I am amazed at myself: the more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
Ivan Karamazov