Art is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feeling.

We imagine that when we are thrown out of our usual ruts all is lost, but it is only then that what is new and good begins. While there is life there is happiness. There is much, much before us.

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it." - Vronksy {Anna Karenina}

There are as many loves as there are hearts.

The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience.

We live in this world like a child who enters a room where a clever person is speaking. The child did not hear the beginning of the speech, and he leaves before the end; and there are certain things which he hears but does not understand