Beware of the thought that you have some virtues that no one else has.
There's only one step between me and a five-year-old. There is a huge distance between me and a newborn.
It is wrong to think that knowing a lot is a quality. It is not the quantity, but the quality of knowledge that is important.
Man's first duty is to participate in the struggle against nature for his life and that of others.
Before we talk about the happiness of satisfying our needs, we must decide what kind of need this happiness forms.
Vocation can only be recognized and proven by the sacrifice a scientist or painter makes for his peace and well-being.
Let the approval of men be the consequence of your deed, and not the end of it.
The difference between material and mental poisons is that most material poisons are disgusting, but mental poisons in the form of... harmful cards are often, unfortunately, attractive.
The surest sign of goodness is the example of a good life.
The most remarkable talents perish because of the rose.
The surest sign of truth is simplicity and clarity. The lie is always complex, pompous and verbose.
The best man is the one who lives mainly by his thoughts and the feelings of others, and the worst kind of man is the one who lives by the thoughts of others and his own feelings. From the various combinations of these four principles, causes of activity, all the differences between men arise.
The strength of an army depends on its spirit.
Strong people are always simple.
The word is the same as the deed.
Consciousness is the society's memory assimilated by each individual.
The fight is won by the one who is determined to win it.
The essence of any faith lies in the fact that it gives life such a meaning that it cannot be destroyed by death.
Happiness is pleasure without remorse.
Happiness is not always doing what you want, but always wanting to do what you do.
If only people knew that the goal of humanity is not material progress, that progress is inevitable growth, and the goal is only one - the happiness of all people...
It is only because of strong, ideal aspirations that people can morally decay.
Vanity... Probably it is a characteristic feature and a special disease of our century.
A girl was asked which man is the most important, what moment is the most important and what is the most necessary thing? And she replied that the most important person is the one you're talking to right now, the most important moment is the one you're living in now, and the most important thing is to do good to the person you're dealing with every moment .
He who does nothing has many helpers.
The church. This word is the name of the deception with which some people want to dominate others.
Man must be a slave. His choice is only to determine whose: his passions, and therefore his people or his spiritual essence.
Man can serve to improve social life only to the extent that he, in his life, fulfills the requirements of his science.
Outside of society, man is inconceivable.
Man is like a fraction, the numerator is himself, and the denominator - what he thinks about himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.