In vain do science and philosophy pose as the arbiters of the human mind, of which they are in fact only the servants. Religion has provided a conception of life, and science travels in the beaten path. Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances.

I ask one thing: I ask the right to hope and suffer as I do now." Vronsky

One must put oneself in every one's position. To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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.

If there was a reason why he preferred the liberal tendency to the conservative one (also held to by many of his circle), it was not because he found the liberal tendency more sensible, but it more closely suited his manner of life.

Mathematics is the queen of disciplines.... it will drive the nonsense out of your head!

And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful.