Maxim Gorky

"The skill of making art is knowing what to leave out."

"A man who does not work is a man who has forgotten how to live."

"Truth has never lost battles with falsehood when men have been fair in stating the issue."

"When a man does not know what the harbor is, any wind is the right wind."

"The purpose of a writer is to reveal the secrets of the human soul."

"I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail."

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."

"Show the world not as it is, but as it could be."

"Man is sometimes extraordinarily, fiendishly unfair."

"To understand everything is to forgive everything."

"The clever person is interested in the opinions of others; the wise person in facts."

"Every person has within them the capacity for greatness."

"Man creates art in order to understand himself."

"In every human being, even the lowest, there is a spark of divinity."

"Work gives form and meaning to our existence."

"The less I understand, the more I am at peace."

"When you give birth to your creations, you must be prepared to let them go."

"Those who do not move, do not notice their chains."

"The darkest nights produce the brightest stars."

"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the army of his enemies."

"Everything that now exists will one day be younger than it is today."

"The masses have never thirsted after truth; they turn away from evidence."

"There is nothing more terrible than activity without insight."

"Love, friendship, respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something."

"To live is to fight; to exist is to suffer."

"The human being is the crowning work of creation."

"Without struggle, there is no progress."

"Each person must find their own truth within themselves."

"Art should make people think and feel, not merely amuse."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."