“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.

God is the same everywhere.

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.

The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.

Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.

I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

If you want to be happy, be.