Master, don't kill me. Let me live - punish me - torture me - but let me live. I can't face God with all those lives on my conscience, all that blood on my hands.

Flies? Flies? Poor puny things. Who wants to eat flies?

Mrs. Ivanov's gentle face was pale and bewildered, her wrinkles falling in on themselves as though they'd given up trying to hold on to any expression other than sorrow.

It's good to play and you must keep in practice.

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

People assign much higher probability to the truth of their opinions than is warranted.

Single men and determined groups have been the only makers of space in which man could walk free.

Understand life's mysteries, - as mysteries to be lived.

Doing as others told me, I was Blind. Coming when others called me, I was Lost. Then I left everyone, myself as well. Then I found Everyone, Myself as well.

As long as something wants to arise, let it. As long as something wants to last, let it. As soon as something wants to pass, let it.

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home