You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

the mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as the future

The interior deprives men of their senses. Here, the eerie stillness of the wilderness and the darkness of night render the men both deaf and blind. Without eyes or ears, they have no frame of reference-and without a frame of reference, they have no clear identities.

The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. Revolution, legality--counter-moves in the same game; forms of idleness at bottom identical.

Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.

A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation.