God is necessary, and therefore must exist...But I know that he does not and cannot exist...Don't you understand that a man with these two thoughts cannot go on living?

One circumstance tormented me then: Namely, that no one else was like me, and I was like no one else. I am only one, and they are all.

Since I wasn't consulted at the time of the creation of the world, I reserve for myself the right to have my own opinion about it.

And do you know, do you know that mankind can live without the Englishman, it can live without Germany, it can live only too well without the Russian man, it can live without science, without bread, and it only cannot live without beauty, for then there would be nothing at all to do in the world! The whole secret is here, the whole of history is here. Science itself would not stand for a minute without beauty

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

We have all lost touch with life, we all limp, each to a greater or lesser degree.

I know that you don't believe it, but indeed, life will bring you through. You will live it down in time. What you need now is fresh air, fresh air, fresh air!