He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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My 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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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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