If you don’t have the time, energy, or the right circumstances to dive deep and expose yourself to Dostoevsky’s larger novels, like Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, etc.—The Dream of a Ridiculous Man would be a perfect introduction to Fyodor Mikhailovich. I consider it to be the condensed version of Dostoevskian philosophy.
What does it mean to love one another? The human decency to see and treat each other as brothers—every day, actively, and tirelessly. Even if others won’t get it. ◼︎