truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but b... - Leo Tolstoy

"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."

"People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days,"imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these days"and that human nature changes with the times."

"He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began."

"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them."

"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."