The great tragedy of atheists is that they walk through this world and have no one to thank.

To get rid of an enemy one must love him.

It's like scarlet fever: one has to get it over." "Then one should invent a way of inoculating love, like vaccination.

The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words--that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible.

They say: sufferings are misfortunes," said Pierre. 'But if at once this minute, I was asked, would I remain what I was before I was taken prisoner, or go through it all again, I should say, for God's sake let me rather be a prisoner and erat horseflesh again. We imagine that as soon as we are torn out of our habitual path all is over, but it is only the beginning of something new and good. As long as there is life, there is happiness. There is a great deal, a great deal before us.

Happiness consists in always aspiring perfection, the pause in any level in perfection is the pause of happiness

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