

“...except life's usual answer to the most complex and insoluble questions. That answer is: live in the needs of the day, that is find forgetfulness.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“Although throughout these painful moments it had never occurred to him to seek guidance from religion, now that his decision coincided - so he thought - with the requirements of religion, the fact of there being a religious sanction for his decision gave him entire satisfaction and some comfort.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“It is necessary that men, governed by their own feelings, find sensual delight in virtue.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace

“إن المحبّة هي العامل الوحيد الذي يستطيع الجمع بين القلوب، والدموع الصادقة هي الوحيدة التي تمحو الخطايا، والتوبة الصادقة الصادرة عن قلب سليم وطيّب كفيلة بتقويم كل اعوجاج.”
― أعمال دوستويفسكي الأدبية : الأخوة كارامازوف - المجلد ١٦
― أعمال دوستويفسكي الأدبية : الأخوة كارامازوف - المجلد ١٦

“People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them. —BLAISE PASCAL”
― A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se
― A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se
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