If a man, before he passed from one stage to another, could know his future life in full detail, he would have nothing to live for. It is the same with the life of humanity. If it had a programme of the life which awaited it before entering a new stage, it would be the surest sign that it was not living, nor advancing, but simply rotating in the same place.

One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love.

There are many faiths, but the spirit is one.

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

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