Sushri

“The second category all transgress the law; they are destroyers or disposed to destruction according to their capacities. The crimes of these men are of course relative and varied; for the most part they seek in very varied ways the destruction of the present for the sake of the better. But if such a one is forced for the sake of his idea to step over a corpse or wade through blood, he can, I maintain, find within himself, in his conscience, a sanction for wading through blood—that depends on the idea and its dimensions, note that.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“What they think they ought to think is bad enough, Lord knows; but what they really think would break up the whole show.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

“But that sanction of bloodshed by conscience is to my mind . . . more terrible than the official, legal sanction of bloodshed. . .”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Why the word ought? It’s not a matter of permission or prohibition. He will suffer if he is sorry for his victim. Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth,” he added dreamily, not in the tone of the conversation.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment