Quotogeny

Topic

Quotes about conscience

  1. An 'extraordinary' man has the right to decide in his own conscience to overstep certain obstacles.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyCrime and PunishmentPart 3, chapter 5Rodion Raskolnikov

  2. Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovPart 2, Book 5, chapter 5 ("The Grand Inquisitor")The Grand Inquisitor, in Ivan's prose poem

  3. I didn't kill a human being, I killed a principle!

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyCrime and PunishmentPart 3, chapter 6Rodion Raskolnikov, to himself

  4. Go at once, this very minute, stand at the cross-roads, bow down, first kiss the earth which you have defiled, and then bow down to all the world and say to all men aloud, 'I am a murderer!'

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyCrime and PunishmentPart 5, chapter 4Sonia Marmeladova

  5. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyLettersLetter to his brother Mikhail, 22 December 1849Fyodor Dostoevsky, aged twenty-eight

  6. There are three powers, three powers alone, able to conquer and to hold captive for ever the conscience of these impotent rebels for their happiness: miracle, mystery and authority.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovPart 2, Book 5, chapter 5 ("The Grand Inquisitor")The Grand Inquisitor, in Ivan's prose poem

  7. We are each responsible to all for all.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovPart 2, Book 6, chapter 2, section (c) ("Recollections of Father Zossima's Youth before he became a Monk. The Duel")Markel, Zosima's elder brother, as remembered by Father Zosima