A miracle must come from faith, but faith must not be based on miracles.
Ethics is not only a judgment on man, but also a judgment on God. Against God, not only evil rebelled, but also good unable to reconcile with the existence of evil.
The lazy and the lazy are harmful to the welfare of the people.
It's worth living just to ask life immeasurably long.
And eternal struggle! We can only dream of peace.
Art, like life, is not for the weak.
A book is a great thing, so long as a man knows how to use it.
Only one thing makes a man, a man: the awareness of social inequality.
The direct responsibility of the artist is to show, not to prove.
The realization that the most wonderful was right next to us comes too late.
Only on the sublime is it worth meditating, a writer must set only great goals, without being intimidated by his weak powers.
Only the one in love has the right to be called a man.
The truth, hard as it may be, is easy.
He who will understand that the meaning of human life consists in anxiety and worry, will no longer be a philistine.
The stronger you feel the connection with the homeland, the more realistically and with more pleasure you can imagine it as a living organism.
...I am a writer, I am a man who calls things by their names, and who robs flowers of their fragrance.
To the extent that a person devotes himself to a great purpose, to the extent that he obtains the greatest happiness from his work.
Remarkable people cultivate love within themselves, and only a petty soul entertains the spirit of hatred.
The highest criterion in the development of the civilization of any race is its consent to give a helping hand to the fortunate peoples.
If you want to rise, help someone rise.
A life worthy of its name is one devoted to the good of others.
When we come into contact with another person, we either help them or confuse them. There is no middle way: either we drag man down or we raise him up.
Personal success in life is given by keeping friendship, trust and respect from our neighbor.
You cannot debase a man without debasing yourself with him.
No man who contributes in any way to the material, intellectual, and moral welfare of the society in which he lives, ever remains unrewarded for long.
No nation can prosper until it understands that plowing a field is as decent work as writing a poem.
There are two ways to apply force: push down and pull up.
Success must be measured not so much by the position a man has reached in life, but by the obstacles he has overcome to achieve that success.
Unhappy is the country without heroes.
Each man is a distinct personality, which will never be repeated. Men differ by the very essence of their souls; their similarity is only superficial (external). The more one becomes himself, the more deeply he begins to understand himself, and the more clearly his original features emerge.