Life had stepped into the place of theory.

Civilization has made man, if not always more bloodthirsty, at least more viciously, more horribly bloodthirsty.

I bless the rising sun each day, and, as before, my heart sings to meet it, but now I love even more its setting, its long slanting rays & the soft tender gentle memories that come with them...’ -Father Zossima

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

One must be a great man indeed to be able to hold out even against common sense." "Or else a fool.

And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness.

Can a man of perception respect himself at all?