I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that th... - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God's help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy."

"For everyone now strives most of all to seperate his person, wishing to experience the fullness of life within himself, and yet what comes of all his efforts is not the fullness of life, but full suicide, for instead of the fullness of self-definition, they fall into complete isolation."

"But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt."

"Men are made for happiness, and he who is completely happy has the right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth."

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."