The Brothers Karamazov

Beauty will save the world.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

If God does not exist, everything is permitted.

Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.

Love all God's creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it. Love every little leaf, every ray of God's light.