Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders?

With one hand I take thousands of rubles from the poor, and with the other I hand back a few kopecks.

Don't seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.

In a writer there must always be two people - the writer and the critic.

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?

All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes.

Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid