Anton Chekhov

"When life has become unbearable, one takes flight from it."

"I teach you the Superman."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of such a world is a form of liberation."

"Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love."

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

"Any idiot can face a crisis—it is this endless, endless, endless day-to-day living that wears the soul out."

"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy."

"Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice."

"If you cry 'Forward!' you must make sure that you are not going backward."

"Mediocrity demands and gets more mediocrity."

"The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving grace of our existence."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"A man should never neglect his family for business."

"The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people."

"When a man is in love, he endures more than at any other time in his life."

"Talent is hereditary; it may be found in families."

"To advise a man not to fall in love is very much like advising him not to pursue happiness."

"Art is not an ornament made to beautify your walls. It is a weapon of attack and defense against the enemy."

"The rich and poor are both disappearing, but there are angels being created."

"Incompetence is when you can't do a thing; but the real problem is not knowing that you can't do a thing."

"What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out?"

"We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds."

"The more I live and the more I think, I realize that I know nothing."

"Loneliness is when someone doesn't care about your silence."

"A writer is not merely one who has written something... but one who hasn't ceased to write."

"In this world you can become anything if you wish hard enough."

"Courage is grace under pressure."

"Even if I don't believe, I must speak of it."

"If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts."

"The thief believes everyone steals."