It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.

But people will laugh at all sorts of things.

And it is so simple... The one thing is - love thy neighbor as thyself - that is the one thing. That is all, nothing else is needed. You will instantly find how to live.

Existence alone had never been enough for him; he had always wanted more. Perhaps it was only from the force of his desires that he had regarded himself as a man to whom more was permitted than to others.

God is the pain of the fear of death

Even as I approach the gambling hall, as soon as I hear, two rooms away, the jingle of money poured out on the table, I almost go into convulsions.

Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him.