It is time that the Protestant Church, the Church of the Son, should be one again with the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of the Father. It is time that man shall cease, first to live in the flesh, with joy, and then, unsatisfied, to renounce and to mortify the flesh.

Whether I get on in the world is a question; but I certainly don't get on very well with the world.

Personality and mind, like moustaches, belong to a certain age. They are a deformity in a child.... Leave his sensibilities, his emotions, his spirit, and his mind severely alone. There is the devil in mothers, that they must provoke personalresponse from their infants.

The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.

My soul is my great asset and my great misfortune.

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

That is almost the whole of Russian literature: the phenomenal coruscations of the souls of quite commonplace people.