Faith is the force of life.

The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals.

Can it be that there is not enough space for man in this beautiful world, under those immeasurable, starry heavens?

Nowadays, as before, the public declaration and confession of Orthodoxy is usually encountered among dull-witted, cruel and immoral people who tend to consider themselves very important. Whereas intelligence, honesty, straightforwardness, good-naturedness and morality are qualities usually found among people who claim to be non-believers.

These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression she saw nothing but the sand; yet there were brighter moments when she felt nothing but joy, saw nothing but the gold.

The struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain.

When politics and home life have become one and the same thing, [...] then,[...] it is evident that we will be in a state of total liberty or anarchy.