The Brothers Karamazov

"If there is no God, then everything is permitted."

"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man."

"We are all passing through life as through a dream, but some dreams are more vivid than others"

"God is necessary and therefore must exist, but I prefer not to believe in Him"

"I refuse to accept a heaven built on the tears of even one tortured child"

"Money is the root of all dissension and disharmony in the world"

"Beauty is mystery and all is mixed in it"

"I want to forgive everyone and have everyone forgive me"

"The mystery is that I love you most when you seem to be most wicked"

"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him; he has created him in his own image and likeness"

"To love one's neighbor in the abstract is easy, but to love one concretely is difficult"

"The suffering of a single tortured child rises up and cries out against all eternity"

"If there is no immortality, then there is no virtue"

"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular"

"The more civilized we become, the more unhappy we are"

"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth either in himself or in anyone else"

"I have a longing for life, and I go on living in spite of logic"

"The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible"

"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness"

"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular"

"One can love one's neighbor in the abstract, or even at a distance, but at close quarters it's almost impossible"

"If God does not exist, then everything is permitted"

"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man"

"True strength lies in admitting weakness"

"The freedom to choose is the greatest curse and blessing"

"We are all guilty of everything before everyone"

"I cannot live without love, yet love always destroys me"

"The only absolute certainty is doubt itself"

"A man may lose his faith but gain his humanity"

"I love people, but I hate most of their deeds"