All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I’ve even heard people say that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.
Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.
All that is called Destiny or Fate is none other than the result of our thoughtlessness and our mistrust of ourselves; we should know that all that is created on earth is created by its sole Master and Laborer – Man.
Our most merciless enemy is our past.
Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.
Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
You can’t do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.
The higher goal a person pursues, the quicker his ability develops, and the more beneficial he will become to the society. I believe for sure that this is also a truth.
You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.
The more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.
Politics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public.
To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
When one loves somebody, everything is clear – where to go, what to do – it all takes care of itself and one doesn’t have to ask anybody about anything.
One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn’t marry a girl of twenty.
We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.
It is quiet and peaceful here, the air is good, there are numerous gardens, and in them nightingales sing and spies lurk under the bushes.
Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those who never had anything to say – to them silence is simple and easy.
Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.