He had the unlucky capacity many men have of seeing and believing in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and falsehood of life too clearly to take any serious part in it.

With one hand I take thousands of rubles from the poor, and with the other I hand back a few kopecks.

If you want to be happy, be happy.

He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around.

There are as many loves as there are hearts.

If the thought ever comes to you that everything that you have thought about God is mistaken and that there is no God, do not be dismayed. It happens to many people. But do not think that the source of your unbelief is that there is no God.

In order to understand, observe, deduce, man must first be conscious of himself as alive.