Было так сыро и туманно, что насилу рассвело…
Fyodor DostoevskyThey won't let me ... I can't be ... good!
Fyodor DostoevskyNo, evidently habit means a lot. The devil knows what habit can do to a person.
Fyodor DostoevskyIs there beauty in Sodom? Believe me, that for the immense mass of mankind beauty is found in Sodom. Did you know that secret? The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
Fyodor DostoevskyEvery decent man of our time is and is bound to be a coward and a slave. This is his normal condition. I am deeply convinced of that. This is how he is constituted, and this is what he is meant to be.
Fyodor DostoevskyWhat does reason know? It knows only what it has managed to learn (and it may never learn anything else; that isn't very reassuring, but why not admit it?), while human nature acts as a complete entity, with all that is in it, consciously or unconsciously; and though it may be wrong, it's nevertheless alive.
Fyodor DostoevskyAnd yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness.
Fyodor DostoevskyDestroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.
Fyodor DostoevskyAnd if there's love, you can do without happiness too. Even with sorrow, life is sweet.
Fyodor DostoevskyAfter all, bluff and real emotion exist so easily side by side.
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