The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere. Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes From Fyodor Dostoevsky Know, then, that now, precisely now, these people are more certain than ever before that they are completely free, and at the same time they themselves have brought us their freedom and obediently laid it at our feet. It is our doing, but is it what you wanted? This sort of freedom?' Again I don't understand', Alyosha interrupted, 'Is he being ironic? Is he laughing?' Not in the least. He precisely lays it to his and his colleagues' credit that they have finally overcome freedom, and have done so in order to make people happy. Fyodor Dostoevsky feet order people Let it not be a beautiful face,' I thought, 'but to make up for that, let it be a noble, an expressive, and, above all, an extremely intelligent one. Fyodor Dostoevsky noble intelligent beautiful In every idea of genius or in every new human idea, or, more simply still, in every serious human idea born in anyone's brain, there is something that cannot possibly be conveyed to others. Fyodor Dostoevsky genius brain ideas Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though he be surrounded with bread". Fyodor Dostoevsky perception earth men At first it was simply liking, Nastenka, but now, now ! I am just in the same position as you were when you went to him with your bundle. In a worse position than you, Nastenka,because he cared for no one else as you do. Fyodor Dostoevsky bundles position firsts Because everyone is guilty for everyone else. For all the 'wee ones,' because there are little children and big children. All people are 'wee ones.' And I'll go for all of them, because there must be someone who will go for all of them. Fyodor Dostoevsky littles children people They have this social justification for every nasty thing they do! Fyodor Dostoevsky justification nasty social Even there, in the mines, underground, I may find a human heart in another convict and murderer by my side, and I may make friends with him, for even there one may live and love and suffer. One may thaw and revive a frozen heart in that convict, one may wait upon him for years, and at last bring up from the dark depths a lofty soul, a feeling, suffering creature; one may bring forth an angel, create a hero! There are so many of them, hundreds of them, and we are all to blame for them. [...] If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground. Fyodor Dostoevsky angel hero heart For if there's no everlasting God, there's no such thing as virtue, and there's no need of it. Fyodor Dostoevsky everlasting virtue needs if she had ordered me to throw myself down then, I would have done it! If she had said it only as a joke, said it with contempt, spitting on me--even then I would have jumped! Fyodor Dostoevsky contempt done said We are citizens of eternity. Fyodor Dostoevsky citizens eternity The perpetration of a crime is accompanied by illness! Fyodor Dostoevsky illness crime One could never judge a man without seeing him close, for oneself. Fyodor Dostoevsky oneself judging men I have been tortured with longing to believe ... and the yearning grows stronger the more cogent the intellectual difficulties stand in the way. Fyodor Dostoevsky stronger intellectual believe Perhaps a normal man is supposed to be stupid-how do we know? Perhaps it's even very beautiful. Fyodor Dostoevsky stupid beautiful men ... what you need more than anything in life is a definite position. Fyodor Dostoevsky position life needs He does not like showing his feelings and would rather do a cruel thing than open his heart freely. Fyodor Dostoevsky doe feelings heart Pass us by, and forgive us our happiness Fyodor Dostoevsky forgiving A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes. Fyodor Dostoevsky ruined causes mistake He who desires to see the living God face-to-face should not seek him in the empty, firmament of his mind, but in human love. Fyodor Dostoevsky mind faces desire
