And Levin, a happy father and a man in perfect health, was several times so near suicide that he hid the cord, lest he be tempted to hang himself, and was afraid to go out with his gun, for fear of shooting himself. But Levin did not shoot himself, and did not hang himself; he went on living.

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.

Man is meant for happiness and this happiness is in him, in the satisfaction of the daily needs of his existence.

God cannot be understood by logical reasoning but only by submission.

Dear Lord, what a madhouse the world is!

"A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist."

Something magical has happened to me: like a dream when one feels frightened and creepy, and suddenly wakes up to the knowledge that no such terrors exist. I have wakened up.