The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

"What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind-then all the rest is prejudice, simply artificial terrors and there are no barriers and it's all as it should be."

"The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!"

"Life had stepped into the place of theory and something quite different would work itself out in his mind."

"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth."

"To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's."