My holy of holies is the human body.

To live simply to die is by no means amusing, but to live with the knowledge that you will die before your time, that's really is idiotic

In all my life I never met anyone so frivolous as you two, so crazy and unbusinesslike. I tell you in plain Russian your property is going to be sold and you don't seem to understand what I say.

He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

If I were asked to chose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It's better to live somehow than not at all.

The bourgeoisie is very fond of so-called practical types and novels with happy endings, since they soothe it with the idea that one can both accumulate capital and preserve innocence, be a beast and at the same time be happy...