Write only of what is important and eternal.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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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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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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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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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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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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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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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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 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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