Anton Chekhov

"Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's the wisdom to know what's worth waiting for."

"To Russian soul, suffering is as normal as water."

"I feel more confident and more creative when I'm around young people."

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"My heart aches, but it beats on."

"When you love someone, you shouldn't hide it."

"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question."

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

"Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious."

"If there is no God, then everything is permitted."

"The wife of a man is not a woman, but something different."

"Let the beautiful things be what is true."

"Better to live as you believe; otherwise you'll end up believing as you live."

"I like money, but I'd rather have it from my writing than my mother."

"Love is when you wish for someone else's happiness more than your own."

"You can navigate this world if you keep your eyes open."

"The art of living is the art of losing gracefully."

"I hate pretense. Let things be as they are."

"To say that we are modern, we have to do something modestly contemporary."

"Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too."

"It seems like love and hate are the fuel of great art."

"A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages: first, an agreeable acquaintance, secondly, a mistress, and only then a friend."

"Talent is something about which we can do nothing."

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

"I understand now. It all comes down to who you sit with in the silence."

"There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table."

"I want to put my arms around you and tell you not to be afraid."

"The variety of subjects is the joy of life."

"A person is not interesting until he is 40 years old. Then he becomes interesting."

"Good friends, good books, a sleepy afternoon—this is the idea of happiness."