Adam

“You keep laughing, and very inappropriately, if I may say so. You don't understand anything! There are no such roles in a commune. Communes are set up precisely so that there will be no such roles. In a commune, the present essence of this role will be entirely changed, and what is stupid here will become intelligent there, what is unnatural here, under the present circumstances, will there become perfectly natural. Everything depends on what circumstances and what environment man lives in. Environment is everything, and man himself is nothing.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Life itself was an enigma requiring explication. Like trying to guess what a soul is like from a brief glimpse of a human face, so the cryptic countenance of life invites deeper investigation. Cosmic and personal questions are forever the preoccupation of thoughtful people who seek to understand life's secrets.”
― David Naugle

“the most offensive is not their lying—one can always forgive lying—lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth—what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying…”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Everything depends on what circumstances and what environment man lives in. Environment is everything, and man himself is nothing.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment