A man used to riding in a car cannot understand a pedestrian.

Yes, you live with your feet in the mud and there's no time to be thinking about how you got in or how you're going to get out.

Any fool can bomb a train, but just try sorting out the mess.

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade, and is confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is, after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.

Why should I trust you? We haven't drunk from the same bowl of soup.

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.