The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (part 1)
9 – In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.
28 – … and avoid the lot of those who live their whole lives without finding themselves in themselves.
43 – … do not be so ashamed of yourself, for that is the cause of everything.
44 – A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense.
44 – It sometimes feels very good to take offense, doesn’t it?
50 – And do not be comforted, you should not be comforted, do not be comforted, but weep.
56 – One cannot prove anything here, but it is possible to be convinced.
57 – As soon as someone is there, close to me, his personality oppresses my self-esteem and restricts my freedom.
57 – I become the enemy of people the moment they touch me.
58 – … for active love is a harsh and fearful thing compared with love in dreams.
67 – … these are believers in God and Christians, and at the same time socialists. They are the ones we are most afraid of; they are terrible people!
77 – You will behold great sorrow, and in this sorrow you will be happy. Here is a commandment for you: seek happiness in sorrow. Work, work tirelessly.
109 – I blushed not at your words, and not at your deeds, but because I’m the same as you.
110 – Many women like frankness, make a note of that, and besides she was a virgin, which I found very amusing.
111 – She and her aunt lived with her father in some sort of voluntary humility, not putting themselves on a par with the rest of society.
145 – … maybe you will love her eternally, but maybe you won’t always be happy with her…
171 – But they have examined parts and missed the whole, and their blindness is even worthy of wonder.
195 – In such cases I am always against the women, against all these hysterics and women’s tears.
230 – I will be drunk with my own tenderness.
236 – Stupidity is brief and guileless, while reason hedges and hides.
236 – I never could understand how it’s possible to love one’s neighbors. In my opinion, it is precisely one’s neighbors that one cannot possibly love.
237 – If we’re to come to love a man, the man himself should stay hidden, because as soon as he shows his face—love vanishes.
239 – I think that if the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
252 – … for what sort of freedom is it, you reasoned, if obedience is bought with loaves of bread?
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