“The belly is the reason why man does not mistake himself for a god.”
“God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?”
“A determined man, a man who believes himself grossly abused, does not listen to reason”
“The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill himself. Kirilov must therefore kill himself to become god. That logic is absurd, but it is what is needed.”
“When you recreate the image of man, why repeat God's mistakes?”
“Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?”