Anton Chekhov

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”

“Any idiot can face a crisis - it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.”

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”

“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.”

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

“Man is what he believes.”

“If you're afraid of loneliness, don't marry.”

“People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.”

“Brevity is the sister of talent.”

“One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.”

“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress.”

“The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.”

“Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.”

“We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.”

“What a fine weather today! Can't choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.”

“The world is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.”

“Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.”