The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.
Anton ChekhovA writer should not so much write as embroider on paper; the work should be painstaking, laborious.
Anton ChekhovGod's world is a good place. The one thing not good in it is we. How little justice and humility there is in us. How little we understand true patriotism!
Anton ChekhovOh, I don't object, of course, to cutting wood from necessity, but why destroy the forests? The woods of Russia are trembling under the blows of the axe. Millions of trees have perished. The homes of the wild animals and birds have been desolated; the rivers are shrinking, and many beautiful landscapes are gone forever. And why? Because men are too lazy and stupid to stoop down and pick up their fuel from the ground.
Anton Chekhov