"Nothing has ever been more insupportable for..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Everything seems stupid when it fails.”

“The world says: "You have needs - satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.”

“Alyosha's heart could not bear uncertainty, for the nature of his love was always active. He could not love passively; once he loved, he immediately also began to help.”

“Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read.”

“We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world.”

“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.”

“One believes others will do what he will do to himself.”

“Life becomes fully understandable only the moment we realise that we are all mad.”

“A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.”