Quotes from Brothers Karamazov

More passages from perhaps the best book I will ever read, Brothers Karamazov.
On false freedom:
Interpreting freedom as the multiplication and rapid satisfaction of desires, men distort their own nature, for many senseless and foolish desires and habits and ridiculous fancies are fostered in them. They live only for mutual envy, for luxury and ostentation. [...]

Brothers Karamazov on the Problem of Evil

Here are the passages from Brothers Karamazov that relate to the problem of evil. If you are a believer, you will shudder…
On the problem of evil and the existence of God:
“This poor child of five was subjected to every possible torture by those cultivated parents. They beat her, thrashed her, kicked her for [...]

Brothers Karamazov passages

Some passages I liked from Brothers Karamazov:
On the difference between loving humanity and loving thy neighbor:
“It’s just the same story as a doctor once told me,” observed the elder. “He was a man getting on in years, and doubtedly clever. He spoke as frankly as you, though in jest, in bitter jest. ‘I [...]

The Brothers Karamazov

It has been well over two months since I’ve reviewed a book. So much has transpired since then (getting engaged and so forth), but that does not mean good reading has not happened in spite of the many distractions. A good biography on Jackie Robinson restored my faith in baseball (a long with the [...]

Preposterous Statements August/September, 2009

I am a fan of ‘The Common Man’ Dan Cole’s “progrum” on KFAN. He has this bit that collects preposterous statements from sports journalists and others over the year, and then sets them in a March Madness NCAA tournament bracket. Each day for the last couple of weeks he has a had a poll for [...]