Life did not stop, and one had to live. - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it."

"In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning."

"One must try to make one's life as pleasant as possible. I'm alive and it's not my fault, which means I must somehow go on living the best I can, without bothering anybody, until I die.''But what makes you live? With such thoughts, you'll sit without moving, without undertaking anything...''Life won't leave one alone as it is."

"Life did not stop, and one had to live."

"God is the same everywhere."