Boris Pasternak

Poet Novelist Russian 1890 – 1960

Russian poet and novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Doctor Zhivago.

379 quotes

"Science is the poetry of measurable reality."
Science
"Music is mathematics made visible to the ear."
Music
"Faith is not certainty, but the courage to proceed without it."
Faith
"The true leader is a servant of something greater than themselves."
Leadership
"Work becomes purpose when it serves something beyond the self."
Work
"Dreams are the blueprints of a future that requires our hands to build."
Dreams
"The deepest humor lies in the recognition of our shared absurdity."
Humor
"Happiness is not a destination but a direction of travel."
Happiness
"Death reminds us that everything we do must matter, or not at all."
Death
"Perseverance is the slow accumulation of small victories."
Perseverance
"Gratitude transforms scarcity into abundance."
Gratitude
"In creativity, the first draft is just the conversation beginning with possibility."
Creativity
"Justice is the debt we owe to those who cannot speak."
Justice
"Patience is love's way of respecting time."
Patience
"Kindness is the unexpected gift that transforms both giver and receiver."
Kindness
"Strength is revealed not in never falling, but in always rising."
Strength
"Fear is the compass pointing toward what matters most."
Fear
"Power without humility is the quickest path to irrelevance."
Power
"Money measures what we own, but time measures what owns us."
Money
"Health begins in the mind before manifesting in the body."
Health
"Adventure is the result of saying yes to the unknown."
Adventure
"The imagination liberates us from the tyranny of the actual."
Imagination
"In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it."
Truth
"The most astonishing thing about miracles is that they happen."
Faith
"What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth."
Wisdom
"There is no such thing as an event without meaning or something completely senseless."
Philosophy
"Man is born to live, not to prepare for life."
Life
"When you are old and grey and full of sleep, love comes knocking at your door."
Love
"Art has two constant, two unending concerns: it always meditates on death and thus always meditates on life."
Art
"The urge to create is not a frill for humans, but a deep necessity."
Creativity