And then that same Theodore says that it is wrong to live for one's belly, and that we must live for Truth, for God, and at the first hint I understand him! I and millions of men who lived centuries ago and those who are living now: peasants, the poor in spirit, and sages, who have thought and written about it, saying the same thing in their obscure words – we all agree on that one thing: what we should live for, and what is good.
Y de pronto Feódor dice que no se debe vivir para el vientre y que se debe vivir para la verdad y para Dios, y yo, con una sola palabra, le comprendo. »Y yo, y millones de seres que vivieron siglos antes y viven ahora, sabios, labriegos y pobres de espíritu –los sabios que han escrito sobre esto, lo dicen en forma incomprensible– coinciden en lo mismo: en cuál es el fin de la vida y qué es el bien.