In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble.

One can often hear from the young people:" I do not want to live according to others` mind. I can think of it myself. " Why should one think of something, when it is already thought about. Take it and go farther, this is the strength of the mankind.

The question was a fashionable one, whether a definite line exists between psychological and physiological phenomena in human activity; and if so, where it lies?

Nothing prevents our denying life by suicide. well then, kill yourself, and you won't discuss. If life displeases you, kill yourself! You live, and cannot understand the meaning of life - then finish it, and do not fool about in life, saying and writing that you do not understand it. You have come into good company where people are contented and know what they are doing; if you find it dull and repulsive - go away!

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

...the more he did nothing, the less time he had to do anything.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.