To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand well.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

We always imagine eternity as something beyond our conception, something vast, vast! But why must it be vast?

Because everyone is guilty for everyone else. For all the 'wee ones,' because there are little children and big children. All people are 'wee ones.' And I'll go for all of them, because there must be someone who will go for all of them.

Suppose, gentleman, that man is not stupid.

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!

Beauty will save the world