Art is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feeling.
We call beauty that which supplies us with a particular pleasure.
If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.
Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy
There is only one way to put an end to evil, and that is to do good for evil.
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?