Humanity unceasingly strives forward from a lower, more partial and obscure understanding of life to one more general and more lucid.

Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.

He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.

And the angel said - "I have learned that every man lives not through care of himself, but by love".

Anna smiled,as people smile at the weaknesses of those they love. . .

Happiness consists in always aspiring perfection, the pause in any level in perfection is the pause of happiness