The Brothers Karamazov

"The heart of another is a dark forest, and always will be"

"The consciousness of life is superior to life itself"

"I love mankind, but I cannot endure people in the mass"

"A man may renounce his own past, but he cannot renounce his conscience"

"Everyone is responsible for everyone and everything to everyone else"

"I want to suffer and yet I do not want to suffer, for I am a man"

"One can love one's neighbor in the abstract, but rarely in concrete reality"

"Man's sole business is to prove to himself that he is a man and not a piano key"

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

"I cannot accept a love based on the suffering of tortured children"

"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there"

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

"I am not running away from my sufferings, I am running towards something"

"The pursuit of truth requires courage"

"Doubt is the beginning of wisdom"

"Strength lies not in never falling, but in rising again"

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of"

"The Devil's greatest trick was convincing men that he does not exist"

"I could never understand how one can love one's neighbors"

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

"Despair is the torture of a ruined man"

"There are some moments when truth is not enough"

"Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than finding someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of freedom"

"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness"

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

"Man is free to choose, but he is not free from the consequences of his choice."

"A heart that is capable of great love is also capable of great suffering."

"The truth is often the hardest thing to bear."

"Love is mysterious and can never be quite explained."

"Sorrow and suffering are the price of a sensitive heart."