Love

A quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fathers and teachers, I ponder, “What is hell?” I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

English translation: Constance Garnett

From the source

The Brothers Karamazov, Book VI, Chapter III, “Conversations and Exhortations of Father Zossima”.

English translation by Constance Garnett. Historical translation reproduced in the linked source.

From Father Zossima’s reflections on hell and love.