A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of... - Leo Tolstoy

"To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it."

"Boredom: the desire for desires."

"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."

"To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it."

"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you."