In Russia there is no philosophy, but philosophize everything, even the small fry.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

In a century or two, or in a millennium, people will live in a new way, a happier way. We won"t be there to see it - but it"s why we live, why we work. It"s why we suffer. We"re creating it. That"s the purpose of our existence. The only happiness we can know is to work toward that goal.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.

I've never been in love. I've dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one can play because the key is lost.

When one longs for a drink, it seems as though one could drink a whole ocean-that is faith; but when one begins to drink, one can only drink altogether two glasses-that is science.