Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy

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.

In order to understand, observe, deduce, man must first be conscious of himself as alive.

Some mathematician, I believe, has said that true pleasure lies not in the discovery of truth, but in the search for it.

Why does man have reason if he can only be influenced by violence?

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars

Happiness is in your ability to love others.