The Brothers Karamazov Quotes

“Remember always, young man… that science which has become a great power in the last century, has analyzed everything divine handed down to us in the holy books. After this cruel analysis the learned of this world have nothing left of all that is sacred. But they have only analyzed the parts and overlooked the whole, and indeed their blindness is marvelous. Yet the whole still stands steadfast before their eyes, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“I exist! I see the sun, and if I don't see the sun, I know it's there. And there's a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Interpreting freedom as the multiplication of and rapid satisfaction of desires, men distort their own nature, for many senseless and foolish desires and habits and ridiculous beliefs are thus fostered.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“He completely abandoned the child of his marriage, not from malice, nor because of his matrimonial grievances, but simply because he forgot him”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov