~2 min read • Updated Dec 15, 2025
Beautiful Quotes from Crime and Punishment
"There is only one way for man to attain freedom: through suffering and pain."
"Conscience without God is terror. It can justify the worst crime."
"It is enough to show courage once and for all and be free! But I did not show courage, I only committed." (Reference to the concept of the superman)
"The bigger the lie, the easier it is for people to believe."
"If you want to conquer the whole world, first conquer yourself."
"Truth, even if bitter, is better than peace born of lies."
"To be human means to accept responsibility for one’s actions, not to escape them."
"Poverty is no disgrace, but misery is. Poverty can be endured in youth, but misery kills the soul."
"Loneliness and isolation have never brought liberation; they have only bred madness."
"Pain and suffering are always inevitable, but conscious suffering can purify man."
"We came into this world to suffer, and only through suffering do we reach awareness."
"When a man has nowhere to go, he must go somewhere."
"Love means seeing a miracle in an ordinary human being."
"She (Sonia), despite suffering and humiliation, saved life. With her love, she returned life to life."
"For a suffering man, even a kind smile can be the path to redemption."
Written & researched by Dr. Shahin Siami