Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I think my liver is diseased. Then again, I don't know a thing about my illness; I'm not even sure what hurts.

I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. I am a most unpleasant man.

My life is ending, I know that well, but every day that is left me I feel how my earthly life is in touch with a new infinite, unknown, but approaching life, the nearness of which sets my soul quivering with rapture, my mind glowing and my heart weeping with joy.

It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.