“Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible.”

“To be good and lead a good life means to give to others more than one takes from them.”

“There is only one enduring happiness in life — to live for others.”

“Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.”

“The only thing that we know is that we know nothing — and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.”

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”

“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”

“The truth — that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

“On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.”

“Love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth.”