All people seem to be divided into'ordinary'and 'extraordinary'. The ordinary people must lead a life of strict obedience and have no right to transgress the law because?theyare ordinary.Whereas the extraordinary people have the right to commit any crime they like and transgress the law in any way just because they happen to be extraordinary.
Fyodor DostoevskyThe mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
Fyodor DostoevskySo long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship.
Fyodor DostoevskyHe who desires to see the living God face-to-face should not seek him in the empty, firmament of his mind, but in human love.
Fyodor DostoevskyMan, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you -- and that is true, alas, for almost every one of us!
Fyodor DostoevskyIn such situations, of course, people don't nurse their anger silently, they moan aloud; but these are not frank, straightforward moans, there is a kind of cunning malice in them, and that's the whole point. Those very moans express the sufferer's delectation; if he did not enjoy his moans, he wouldn't be moaning.
Fyodor Dostoevsky