Fyodor Dostoevsky Roth Quotations

No, I can't admit it. Brother,' said Alyosha suddenly, with flashing eyes, 'you said just now, is there a being in the whole world who would have the right to forgive and could firgive? But there is a Being and He can forgive everything, all and for all, because He gave His innocent blood for all and everything. You have forgotten Him, and on Him is built the edifice, and it is to Him they cry aloud, "Thou art just, O Lord, for Thy ways are revealed!

And so in that very shame I suddenly begin a hymn.

Brother, I’m not depressed and haven’t lost spirit. Life everywhere is life, life is in ourselves and not in the external. There will be people near me, and to be a human being among human beings, and remain one forever, no matter what misfortunes befall, not to become depressed, and not to falter – this is what life is, herein lies its task.

Eh, brother, but nature has to be corrected and guided, otherwise we'd all drown in prejudices. Without that there wouldn't be even a single great man.

It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.

Is there in the whole world a being who would have the right to forgive and could forgive?

Equality lies only in human moral dignity. ... Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers.

Love life more than the meaning of it?

Viper will eat viper, and it would serve them both right!

I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there - that is living.

Until you have become really, in actual fact, as brother to everyone, brotherhood will not come to pass.

If there were no God, he would have to be invented.

The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.