It was not until after the coming of Christ that time and humans could breathe freely. It was not until after him that people began to live toward the future. Humans do not die in a ditch like a dog-but at home in history, while the work toward the conquest of death is in full swing; they die sharing in this work.

But what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces?

I used to be very revolutionary, but now I think that nothing can be gained by brute force. People must be drawn to good by goodness.

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim.

Good-bye... why am I hemorrhaging ?

Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those whose sole concern is not the truth.

The whole of life is symbolic because the whole of it has meaning.