A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth.
Fyodor DostoevskyActions are sometimes performed in a masterly and most cunning way, while the direction of the actions is deranged and dependent on various morbid impressions - it's like a dream.
Fyodor Dostoevskyyou don't need free will to determine that twice two is four. that's not what i call free will
Fyodor DostoevskyYou see, gentlemen, reason is an excellent thing, thereโs no disputing that, but reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the rational side of manโs nature, while will is a manifestation of the whole life, that is, of the whole human life including reason and all the impulses. And although our life, in this manifestation of it, is often worthless, yet it is life and not simply extracting square roots.
Fyodor Dostoevsky