Sunday, March 29, 2020

Be an individual

Alyosha says, "Yes, even if everyone is like that. You be the only one who is not like that. And in fact you're not like everyone else: you weren't ashamed just now to confess bad and even ridiculous things about yourself. Who would confess such things nowadays? No one, and people have even stopped feeling any need for self-judgment. So do not be like everyone else; even if you are the only one left who is not like that, still do not be like that." - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, pg. 558

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