“You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.”

Even a bad man is better than a good book.

There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.

The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul.

You will not drown the truth in seas of blood.

Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.

Every new time will give its law.

God is a complex of ideas formed by the tribe, the nation, and humanity, which awake and organize social feelings and aim to link the individual to society and to bridle the zoological individualism.

Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.

All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.

Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That’s why we want to be considerate of every man – Who knows what’s in him, why he was born and what he can do?

Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.

We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.

Just think, reader, what will happen to you if the truth of a mad beast overpowers the sane truth of man?

Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those who never had anything to say— to them silence is simple and easy.

With his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that’s your own is dearer than a brother.

The higher goal a person pursues, the quicker his ability develops, and the more beneficial he will become to the society. I believe for sure that this is also a truth.

All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning.

Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.

Until you decide what something means, it has no meaning at all. You determine what something means.

When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.

I feel like my songs are very relevant and very meaningful, but I literally have to get rid of the nostalgia for shows because I would just be mess on-stage otherwise.

I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. And that is why we find ourselves emptied of meaning with our pantries still full.

I meant every word I said. And I hate that it would mean so much to me, to know that I cross your mind occasionally.

Your spirit is the part of you that seeks meaning and purpose. It’s the part drawn to hope, that will not give in to despair.