Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to lov... - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon."

"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."

"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."

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

"I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular."