No, evidently habit means a lot. The devil knows what habit can do to a person.

Russians alone are able to combine so many opposites in themselves at one and the same time.

Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.

It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.

Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn?" Marmeladov's question came suddenly into his mind "for every man must have somewhere to turn.

All the Utopias will come to pass only when we grow wings and all people are converted into angels.

Alyosha's heart could not bear uncertainty, for the nature of his love was always active. He could not love passively; once he loved, he immediately also began to help.