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

I love her not with my mind or my imagination, but with my whole being. Loving her I feel myself to be an integral part of all God's joyous world.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.

A man can spend several hours sitting cross-legged in the same position if he knows that noting prevents him from changing it; but if he knows that he has to sit with his legs crossed like that, he will get cramps, his legs will twitch and strain towards where he would like to stretch them.

When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time

Men need only trust in Christ's teaching and obey it, and there will be peace on earth.