I believe there is no one deeper, lovelier, more sympathetic and more perfect than Jesus.
Fyodor DostoevskyThe whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano key.
Fyodor DostoevskyI want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world to go to pot, or am I to go without my tea? I say that the world may go to pot for me so long as I always get my tea. Did you know that, or not? Well, anyway, I know that I am a blackguard, a scoundrel, an egoist, a sluggard.
Fyodor Dostoevsky