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.
ANTON CHEKHOVEveryone has the same God; only people differ.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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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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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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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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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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