In each of us spirit has become form, in each of us the created being suffers, in each of us a redeemer is crucified. Demian
“Well, he used to say that the great thing in married life was patience. Do you hear, Vanya? Not love, but patience. Love cannot last long. You have lived two years in love, and now evidently your married life has reached the period when, in order to preserve equilibrium, so to speak, you ought to exercise all your patience. . . .” Seagull
“No matter how large, how crowded, and how abundant an empire is, there is always a shortage of men.” Samarkand
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy. Book IV
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