Quotes on Life

The Russian yearning for the meaning of life is the major theme of our literature, and this is the real point of our intelligentsia's existence.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

We need to clear our minds of bad thoughts.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.

I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

We often despise what is most useful to us.

If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God.

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

The entire cosmos is a cooperative. The sun, the moon, and the stars live together as a cooperative. The same is true for humans and animals, trees, and the Earth. When we realize that the world is a mutual, interdependent, cooperative enterprise -- then we can build a noble environment. If our lives are not based on this truth, then we shall perish.

I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.

When we don't like to face up to hard facts, we use soft words. We do not speak about killing a baby within the womb, but about "termination of potential life." Words are often multiplied to try to cover dark deeds.