The world says: "You have needs - satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

I cannot understand why the world is arranged as it is.

Such power!" Adelaida cried all at once, peering greedily at the portrait over her sister's shoulder. "Where? What power?" Lizaveta Prokofyevna asked sharply. "Such beauty has power," Adelaida said hotly. "You can overturn the world with such beauty.

There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas.

If he's honest, he'll steal; if he's human, he'll murder; if he's faithful, he'll deceive.

Hell is the inability to love.