The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
ANTON CHEKHOVFaith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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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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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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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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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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