Nikolai Gogol

"The only thing that moves the world is passion."

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

"It is no great thing to be honest when there is so little to be dishonest about."

"When a man is bored, he is inclined to be vain."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"How can one not feel the magnificent power of art?"

"I have never been able to understand why women are expected to like women simply because they are women."

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."

"There is nothing more insulting than the feeling of not being taken seriously."

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."

"Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone."

"How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!"

"There is nothing more noble than to be true to oneself."

"The world is so large that every opinion finds support somewhere."

"What a wonderful thing is the human body."

"Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light."

"I love humanity, but I hate people."

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

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"True wisdom consists in knowing oneself."

"A talent for friendship is a life's greatest gift."

"The secret to success is to do the common thing uncommonly well."

"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment."

"Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life?"

"Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream."

"The more you own, the more it owns you."

"Patience is a virtue that bears sweet fruit."

"True friendship is like a rose - we don't realize its beauty until it fades."

"The pursuit of knowledge is a lifelong journey."