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