May you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of one's life?

It is easier for a Russian to become an Atheist, than for any other nationality in the world. And not only does a Russian 'become an Atheist,' but he actually BELIEVES IN Atheism, just as though he had found a new faith, not perceiving that he has pinned his faith to a negation. Such is our anguish of thirst!

I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. I am a most unpleasant man.

The absurd is only too necessary on earth. The world stands on absurdities.

Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom. –The Grand Inquisitor

The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.