Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.

... a man has to think of his soul before everything else.

If we would only testify to the truth as we see it, it would turn out that there are hundreds, thousands, even millions of other people just as we are, who see the truth as we do...and are only waiting, again as we are, for someone to proclaim it. The Kingdom of God is within you.

Yes, there is something in me hateful, repulsive," thought Ljewin, as he came away from the Schtscherbazkijs', and walked in the direction of his brother's lodgings. "And I don't get on with other people. Pride, they say. No, I have no pride. If I had any pride, I should not have put myself in such a position".

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

We walked to meet each other up at the time of our love and then we have been irresistibly drifting in different directions, and there's no altering that.

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.