I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
ANTON CHEKHOVMy holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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