There is one evident, indubitable manifestation of the Divinity, and that is the laws of right which are made known to the world through Revelation.

I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.

At one time,' Golenishchev continued, either not observing or not willing to observe that both Anna and Vronsky wanted to speak, 'at one time a freethinker was a man who had been brought up in the conception of religion, law, and morality, who reached freethought only after conflict and difficulty. But now a new type of born freethinkers has appeared, who grow up without so much as hearing that there used to be laws of morality, or religion, that authorities existed. They grow up in ideas of negation in everything - in other words, utter savages.

When joy disappears, look for your mistake

The Kingdom of God is Within You.

Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own.

Pierre was one of those people who are strong only when they feel themselves perfectly pure.