"If it were considered desirable to destroy..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Human laziness makes people pigeonhole one another at first site so that they find nothing in common with one another.”

“We must never forget that human motives are generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose, and that we can very rarely accurately describe the motives of another.”

“To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness.”

“You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.”

“But what makes wage slaves? Wages!”

“My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.”

“Until we can comprehend the beguiling beauty of a single flower, we are woefully unable to grasp the meaning and potential of life itself.”

“You do not explain the tree by telling of the water it has drunk, the minerals it has absorbed, and the sunlight that strengthened it.”

“It's certain there are trout somewhere - And maybe I shall take a trout - but I do not seem to care.”