Love is a great thing. It is not by chance that in all times and practically among all cultured peoples love in the general senseand the love of a man for his wife are both called love. If love is often cruel or destructive, the reasons lie not in love itself, but in the inequality between people.
Anton ChekhovTo believe in God is not hard. Inquisitors, Byron and Arakcheev believed in Him. No, believe in man!
Anton ChekhovHumankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.
Anton ChekhovNo matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.
Anton Chekhov