Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.
Anton ChekhovLove, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
Anton ChekhovMan has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
Anton Chekhov