I want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world to go to pot, or am I to go without my tea? I say that the world may go to pot for me so long as I always get my tea. Did you know that, or not? Well, anyway, I know that I am a blackguard, a scoundrel, an egoist, a sluggard.

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky Notes From The Underground Peace

I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness - a real thorough-going illness.

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Conscious Disease Fyodor Dostoyevsky Illness Intellect Notes From The Underground Reason

The digital age believes in the rational ordering of human beings. We believe that information will eventually solve every conceivable problem.

~ R.f. Georgy

R.f. Georgy Digital Age Dostoevsky Information Information Age Notes From The Underground Philosophy Progress Science Technology

Information paints no picture, sings no song, and writes no poem.

~ R.f. Georgy

R.f. Georgy Digital Age Dostoevsky Existentialism Feyodor Dostoevsky Information Information Age Notes From The Underground Progress

We have an infinite supply of information and yet we cannot read.

~ R.f. Georgy

R.f. Georgy Digital Age Dostoevsky Existentialism Feyodor Dostoevsky Information Notes From The Underground Philosophy Progress

The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more.

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Civilization Fyodor Dostoyevsky Notes From The Underground Sensations

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky Notes From The Underground Vanity