Yes, that's right... love should come before logic ... Only then will man come to understand the meaning of life.

I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness — a real thorough-going illness.

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

The world says: "You have needs - satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.

One must be a great man indeed to be able to hold out even against common sense." "Or else a fool.

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

People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. The tiger only tears and gnaws, that's all he can do. He would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it.