Power is only vouchsafed to the man who dares to stoop and pick it up. There is only one thing, one thing needful: one has only to dare!

Pass us by, and forgive us our happiness

There is no idea, no fact, which could not be vulgarized and presented in a ludicrous light.

It is always so, when we are unhappy we feel more strongly the unhappiness of others; our feeling is not shattered, but becomes concentrated.

Be the sun and all will see you.

But do you understand, I cry to him, do you understand that if you have the guillotine in the forefront, and with such glee, it's for the sole reason that cutting heads off is the easiest thing, and having an idea is difficult!

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