Demons (novel) Quotes

“A man who is not orthodox could not be Russian”

“A woman is always a woman even if she is a nun.”

“What may not be done by habit?”

“Can there ever be said to be absolutely no hope?”

“If there is a God, then I am immortal.”

“A woman is incapable of complete remorse”

“Russian Atheism has never gone further than making a joke.”

“All are unhappy because all are afraid to express their will.”

“Reason never had the power to define good and evil.”

“Even science would not exist a moment without beauty.”

“Socialism from its very nature bound to be atheism(Shatov)”

“The convictions and the man are two very different things.(Shatov)”

“Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that.”

“There is no more better dodge than one's own character, because no one believes in it.”

“The thirst for culture is an aristocratic thirst. Boredom is an aristocratic sensation.”

“God is necessary to me, if only because he is the only being whom one can love eternally.”

“I want to forgive myself and that is my main aim, my sole aim(Stavrogin)”

“God is necessary and so must exist. But I know He doesn't and can't(Kirillov)”

“You know, amongst us socialism spreads principally through sentimentalism.(Pyotr Stepanovitch)”

“One must really be a great man to be able to make a stand even against common sense.”