That only shows you have no heart,’ she said. But her eyes said that she knew he had a heart, and that was why she was afraid of him

Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.

When I have one foot in the grave, I will tell the whole truth about women. I shall tell it, jump into my coffin, pull the lid over me and say, "Do what you like now."

As soon as men live entirely in accord with the law of love natural to their hearts and now revealed to them, which excludes all resistance by violence, and therefore hold aloof from all participation in violence - as soon as this happens, not only will hundreds be unable to enslave millions, but not even millions will be able to enslave a single individual.

And so the liberal tendency became a habit with Stepan Arkadyich, and he liked his newspaper, as he liked a cigar after dinner, for the slight haze it produced in his head.

Whenever my life came to a halt, the questions would arise: Why? And what next?

Effort is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort itself is happiness