The whole wide world is a cathedral; I stand inside, the air is calm, And from afar at times there reaches My ear the echo of a psalm..

You are eternity's hostage A captive of mine..

And when the war broke out, its real horrors, its real dangers, its menace of real death were a blessing compared with the inhuman reign of the lie, ….

In life it is more necessary to lose than to gain. A seed will only germinate if it dies..

They loved each other, not driven by necessity, by the "blaze of passion" often falsely ascribed to love. They loved each other because everything ar….

What you don't understand is that it is possible to be an atheist, it is possible not to know if God exists or why He should, and yet to believe that….

I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats of any kind, whether of jail or retribution, then the highest emblem of hum….

As before the collapse, the setting sun brushed the tiles, brought out the warm brown glow on the wallpaper, and hung the shadow of the birch on the ….

Oh, how one wishes sometimes to escape from the meaningless dullness of human eloquence, from all those sublime phrases, to take refuge in nature, ap….

About dreams. It is usually taken for granted that you dream of something that has made a particularly strong impression on you during the day, but i….

Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death..

You and I are like the first two people on earth who at the beginning of the world had nothing to cover themselves with - at the end of it, you and I….

How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?.

They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise..

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it..

I hate everything you say, but not enough to kill you for it..

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us..

The last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable..

I am alone; all drowns in the Pharisees' hypocrisy. To live your life is not as simple as to cross a field..

Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with all those who don't love it sufficiently.

I love you wildly, insanely, infinitely..