Suddenly I heard the words of Christ and understood them, and life and death ceased to seem to me evil, and instead of despair I experienced happiness and the joy of life undisturbed by death.

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much as you will, it is always quite new.

... it is the work and not the reward that is precious.

Even if the absence of government really did mean anarchy in a negative, disorderly sense - which is far from being the case - even then, no anarchical disorder could be worse than the position to which government has led humanity.

He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.

Always the same. Now a spark of hope flashes up, then a sea of despair rages, and always pain; always pain, always despair, and always the same.