Anton Chekhov

"Boredom is a response to boredom; it creates a vacuum."

"Every heart hides its own tragedy."

"Money is a strange thing. It makes you do things you wouldn't normally do."

"The feeling of national pride cannot be produced by force."

"There are writers who think of themselves as gods; these are usually unsuccessful."

"Sorrow is a two-edged sword, as is joy."

"The beauty of life is in noticing small things."

"When one is young, one venerates and despises without that mixture of love and understanding that comes with age."

"Death itself is not terrible, but the thought of dying is."

"To live without hope is to cease to live."

"The moment of happiness is made precious precisely because it must end."

"Everything is relative, even morality."

"The only way to escape is to write, create, and imagine."

"A university is a place of light, of liberty, and of learning."

"The most moving poetry is often about the most ordinary things."

"To be free, one must first understand what binds one."

"Gratitude is a debt that can never be paid, only acknowledged."

"There is nothing quite so foolish as pretending to be wise."

"The very rich are different from the rest of us; they are more afraid."

"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered."

"Justice delayed is not justice denied; it is justice transformed."

"The seeds of great discoveries are often planted by small observations."

"Music speaks what words cannot express."

"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes."

"Faith is not the belief that God can, but the belief that He will."

"The true power is in knowing when not to use power."

"A kind word costs nothing but can change everything."

"War is not won by courage alone; it is won by preparation."

"The pursuit of perfection often leads to the loss of the good."

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, or so they say."