The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.

A tree is beautiful, but what's more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

In a century or two, or in a millennium, people will live in a new way, a happier way. We won"t be there to see it - but it"s why we live, why we work. It"s why we suffer. We"re creating it. That"s the purpose of our existence. The only happiness we can know is to work toward that goal.

A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.

To believe in God is not hard. Inquisitors, Byron and Arakcheev believed in Him. No, believe in man!

There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.