We are citizens of eternity.
Without God all things are permitted.
you don't need free will to determine that twice two is four. that's not what i call free will
The meanest and most hateful thing about money is that it even gives one talent.
Equality lies only in human moral dignity. ... Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers.
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