In every man, of course, a demon lies hidden—the demon of rage, the demon of lustful heat at the screams of the tortured victim, the demon of lawlessness let off the chain, the demon of diseases that...
In every man’s memories there are such things as he will reveal not to everyone, but perhaps only to friends. There are also such as he will reveal not even to friends, but only to himself, and that i...
In my view, Roman Catholicism is not even a faith, but is decidedly a continuation of the Western Roman Empire, and in it everything, beginning with faith, is subordinated to that idea. The Pope seize...
In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point. The enjoyment of the sufferer fin...
Indeed, there is nothing more vexing, for instance, than to be rich, of respectable family, of decent appearance, of rather good education, not stupid, even kind, and at the same time to have no talen...
Is it not I myself who am to blame, instead of them?
Is there a living man in the country? cried the Russian hero. I cry the same, though I am not a hero, and no one answers my cry.
It is almost better to tell your own lies than somebody else's truth; in the first case you are a man, in the second you are no better than a parrot!
It is in just such stupid things clever people are most easily caught. The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing. The more cunning a man is, the simpler...
It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.
It is not time that matters, but you yourself
It is true, perhaps, that this instrument which had stood the test of a thousand years for the moral regeneration of a man from slavery to freedom and to moral perfectibility may be a two-edged weapon...
It remained inaccessible to my mind, even though my heart unconsciously became increasingly suffused with it.
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experiences when one is young. The sky was so bright, and there were so many stars that, gazing upward, one couldn't help wondering how so many whi...
It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most.
It’s your rich life, Alyosha said softly. Why, is it better to be poor? Yes, it is.
Life is, and death is not at all
Man cannot exist without work, without legal, natural property. Depart from these conditions, and he becomes perverted and changed into a wild beast.
Mantık, kuşkusuz iyi şeydir, ama olup olacağı bir mantıktır ve insanın düşünme gereksinmesini gidermekten öteye geçemez; oysa istek yaşamın ta kendisidir, hem de en basit davranıştan yüce mantığa kada...
Once he went into the mountains on a clear, sunny day, and wandered about for a long time with a tormenting thought that refused to take shape. Before him was the shining sky, below him the lake, arou...
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