There is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any brain, which can never be communicated to others, even if one were to write volumes about it and were explaining one's idea for thirty-five years; there's something left which cannot be induced to emerge from your brain, and remains with you forever; and with it you will die, without communicating to anyone perhaps the most important of your ideas.

Can a man possessing conciousness ever really respect himself?

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

From a hundred rabbits you can't make a horse.

I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer.

To begin with unlimited freedom is to end with unlimited despotism.

Psychology lures even most serious people into romancing, and quite unconsciously.