We must realize that our destiny is strongly linked to the destiny of the poorest on this planet.
Love is a great power, and such a strange power.
Of course we got drunk!" Semyon said. "It's okay to get drunk, Anton. If you need to real bad. Only you have to get drunk on vodka. Cognac and wine—that's all for the heart. " "So what's vodka for?" "For the soul. If it's hurting real bad
What was my truth worth, if I was prepared to defend the entire world, but not those who were close to me? If I subdued hate, but wouldn't give love a chance?
What an unfortunate instrument the guitar is! An instrument of such great nobility, a genuine monarch of music-- reduced to a pitiful lump of wood with six strings, constantly abused by people with no ear and no voice.
I get the same buzz cleaning up the yard as Leo Tolstoy did from scything hay.
Because love is also a power. A great power, and it should not be disdained.
To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one's true nature. Realization of one's true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.
Satan's ultimate goal is to destroy the family, because if he would destroy the family, he will not just have won the battle; he will have won the war.
All of a sudden, you have this newborn you have no training for. It's frightening.
She said, 'Believe it or not, I used to be idealistic. ' I asked her what 'idealistic' meant. 'It means you live by what you think is right. ' 'You don't do that anymore?' 'There are questions I don't ask anymore.