It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.

The question of how things will settle down is the only important question.

Not all of life's roads are set fast, for a man may do this or a man may do that and not even the gods know the mind of a man.

When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her.

He felt that he was himself and did not wish to be anyone else. He only wished now to be better than he had been formerly

You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that.

Levin scowled. The humiliation of his rejection stung him to the heart, as though it were a fresh wound he had only just received. But he was at home, and at home the very walls are a support.