“Being in love doesn't mean loving.”

“But to fall in love does not mean to love. One can fall in love and still hate.”

“To love someone means to see them as God intended them.”

“I think everyone must love life more than anything else in the world.' 'Love life more than the meaning of it?''Yes, certainly. Love it regardless of logic, as you say. Yes, most certainly regardless of logic, for only then will I grasp its meaning. That's what I've been vaguely aware of for a long time. Half your work is done, Ivan: you love life. Now you must try to do the second half and you are saved.”

“Fathers and teachers, I ponder, "What is hell?" I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”

“My friends, God is necessary for me if only because he is the one being who can be loved eternally.”

“He who loves men, loves their joy.”