Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin Quotes

“His mind and heart were flooded with extraordinary light; all torment, all doubt, all anxieties were relieved at once, resolved in a kind of lofty calm, full of serene, harmonious joy and hope, full of understanding and the knowledge of the ultimate cause of things.”

“I don’t understand how one can walk by a tree and not be happy at the sight of it! Or to speak with a man and not be happy in loving him? There are so many things at every step so beautiful.”

“I knew nothing then, and know still less now.”

“But what sort of idiot am I now, when I myself understand that I’m considered an idiot?”