I swear to you, sirs, that excessive consciousness is a disease--a genuine, absolute disease. Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Quote More from Fyodor Dostoevsky “The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he…” “At some thoughts one stands perplexed - especially at the sight of men's sin - …” “Although your mind works, your heart isdarkened with depravity; and without a p…” “And even if one tried, it would be very hard to give a true account, for there …”