The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.

History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true.

And that which yesterday was the novel opinion of one man, to-day becomes the general opinion of the majority.

With friends, one is well; but at home, one is better.

I was now prepared to accept any faith so long as it did not demand a direct denial of reason, which would have been a deceit.

These prin­ciples laid down as in variable rules: that one must pay a card sharper, but need not pay a tailor; that one must never tell a lie to a man, but one may to a woman; that one must never cheat any one, but one may a husband; that one must never pardon an insult, but one may give one and so on. These principles were possibly not reasonable and not good, but they were of unfailing certainty, and so long as he adhered to them, Vronsky felt that his heart was at peace and he could hold his head up.

What doubt can you have of the Creator when you behold His creation?... Who has decked the heavenly firmament with its stars? Who has clothed the earth in its beauty? How could it be without the creator?