The ideas of the wise have been tested by centuries. Everything medium is lost and only original, deep and useful things are left.

He looked at her as a man looks at a faded flower he has gathered, with difficulty recognizing in it the beauty for which he picked and ruined it. And in spite of this he felt that then, when his love was stronger, he could, if he had greatly wished it, have torn that love out of his heart; but now when as at that moment it seemed to him he felt no love for her, he knew that what bound him to her could not be broken.

The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves.

In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

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.

If the thought ever comes to you that everything that you have thought about God is mistaken and that there is no God, do not be dismayed. It happens to many people. But do not think that the source of your unbelief is that there is no God.