He who lives in a glass house, should not throw stones at others.
And the fool thought in his heart: there is no God. Sometimes this is the sign of the end and death. Other times, of the beginning and of life. Having felt that God does not exist, man suddenly understands the nightmarish horror and wild madness of his earthly existence, and understanding, he awakens, if not to the ultimate knowledge, then to the knowledge immediately inferior to the ultimate.
When you go astray, when the way goes astray you, then... But I started talking about a labyrinth, and what can be said about a labyrinth except that it is a labyrinth?
When you read the books of writers long gone, you always get a strange feeling: these people, who lived two hundred, three hundred, two thousand years ago, are so foreign today - wherever they are - of what they once wrote on earth: and we seek eternal truths in their writings!
We live in the realm of ghosts, and our greatest fear is lest we violate the solemn harmony of the enchanted realm.
New thoughts, even our own, do not gain our trust very quickly. First of all we have to get used to them.
Moscow burned from a twopenny candle, and Rasputin and Lenin - also twopenny candles - burned Russia entirely.
The greatest and most important thoughts, revelations, are actually empty, without a covering of words: finding words to express them is a special job, very difficult, a real art. And vice versa: banalities and nonsense appear immediately stuffed into motley rags, although they are old - so that they can be presented to the public on the spot, without effort.
Man is used to having beliefs - this is the reality. We all can't do without licks, even though deep down we despise them.
Life never takes death seriously. She laughs, dances and plays, she builds, gathers and loves in the face of death. It is only when we perceive a single gesture of death that we realize how desolate it is and become troubled.
Close the doors to all error and the truth will not be able to enter.
When a particular religion arrogates its claim to impose its dogma on all mankind, it becomes tyranny.
He who thinks too much about doing good, has no time to be good.
A lie will never be able to turn into truth if it turns into force.
Many people can say good things, but very few can listen to them, because that requires a strong mind.
Pessimism is a form of soul alcoholism.
He who uses his strength shows his weakness.
A keen and horizonless mind leaps forward at every step, but cannot advance.
Man is worse than an animal when he becomes an animal.
Most of the luxury objects and the so-called comfort of life are not necessary for us, they are even obstacles in the evolution of mankind.
We need to fear the rush of love as much as hate. When love is enduring, it is always serene and peaceful.
In our time there are professors of philosophy, and not philosophers.
The capabilities of man are not known even to this day. We cannot draw any conclusions from past experience, for man was very little daring.
For us it is more important to speak than to be heard.
Kindness is the only garment that never grows old.
If you have built sandcastles, it does not mean that your work has been wasted: this is exactly what real castles should look like. All that remains is to put a foundation under them.
If a person does not keep up with his companions, it is probably because he is listening to a different drum. Let him follow the song he hears.
If a person confidently walks in the direction of his desire and strives for the life he imagined, success will come to him at the most ordinary moment and at the most unexpected moment.
For love there is no other payment than the possibility of loving even more.
Law cannot make men free: men themselves must make law free.