Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.

When Levin thought what he was and what he was living for, he could find no answer to the questions and was reduced to despair; but when he left off questioning himself about it, it seemed as though he knew both what he was and what he was living for, acting and living resolutely and without hesitation.

I believe in one, incomprehensible God, the immortality of the soul and eternal retribution for our acts.

... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself.

The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.

I asked: 'What is the meaning of my life, beyond time, cause, and space?' And I replied to quite another question: 'What is the meaning of my life within time, cause, and space?' With the result that, after long efforts of thought, the answer I reached was: 'None'.

Himmlisch ist's wenn ich bezwungen Meine irdische Begier; Aber doch wenn's nich gelungen Hatt' ich auch recht huebsch Plaisir! Loosely translated: It is heavenly, when I overcome My earthly desires But nevertheless, when I'm not successful, It can also be quite pleasurable.