Literature is a social phenomenon.
Only he who believes has the right to act. What is monstrous and immoral is born on the other side of our mind. This is the fate of fools...
People are blind, they just go crazy and know nothing; so, as a rule, is the whole human race. The mortal, to whom God, as an exception, gave him mental health, is forced to hide it, through cunning, from the violent madmen, otherwise he will not get very far.
People... haven't learned to respect themselves and therefore life.
We are born to seek the truth, not to possess it.
Our mind traverses a narrow path between abysses that call and attract it.
Nothing makes a man so mysterious and unknowable as inner firmness.
Denial of right is a temptation to which the human spirit most readily yields.
The powerful have a right to be optimistic.
Old age is burdensome, especially for the young people who have to deal with it.
Only the strong dare to love you, because, frankly, you don't encourage them at all.
Solemn ceremonies do not gain by being repeated, especially when one feels their hypocrisy and ridicule.
He who... ceases to see human blindness and wickedness, exposes himself to great danger.
Moderation is necessary and doubts are useful.
The better the tavern, the worse the wife; the worse the wife the better the tavern.
What does it mean to be big? It means being modest in the service of the neighbor, being above him.
What I am to you, you will be to me.
Justice is, of course, not justice. Usually it is even considered a precaution against true justice.
Keep track of every day, keep track of every lost minute!
Time is the only thing about which greed is praiseworthy.
The artist's view of the phenomena of inner and outer life differs from the usual one: the artist is colder and more passionate.
In the name of goodness and love, man must not allow death to dominate his thoughts.
Time is a precious gift, which is given to us to become, within it, smarter, better, more mature, more perfect.
War is just a fearful escape from the problems of peacetime.
Two world wars which favored barbarism and greed greatly lowered the general intellectual and moral level...
Save your time! Guard any hour, any minute. Unsupervised, time will run like a lizard. Fill every moment with light by a worthy honest deed! Give it weight, value, light.
Our fear is a source of courage to our enemies.
I believe less in the effect of faith, than in that of goodness, which may easily exist without faith, and may even be a product of doubt.
Nothing is more unsanitary than life.
A gloved hand, a power and a great opportunity - this is the time, and whoever wants to do something must strive to fill his time conscientiously.