Sublime

Improve your own soul, and be confident that only in so doing can you contribute to the improvement of the larger society of which you are part.

he reread, or read for the first time, Plato, and Spinoza, Kant, Schelling, Hegel and Schopenhauer – the philosophers who gave a non-materialistic explanation of life.6 Their

What did it mean? It meant that his life was good, but his thinking was bad.

You have to respect every person, no matter how miserable or ridiculous he or she may be. You should remember that in every person lives the same spirit which lives in us.

People live by love: love of yourself is the beginning of death; love of other people and of God is the beginning of life.

From Varenka she understood that you had only to forget yourself and love others and you would be calm, happy and beautiful.

I discovered her. Charmante, a perfect Gretchen,4 and we’ve already become acquainted. The prettiest little thing, really!’