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

"Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love."

"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."

"For if there's no everlasting God, there's no such thing as virtue, and there's no need of it."

"Instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest forever, Thou didst choose all that is exceptional, vague and enigmatic."

"Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness."