It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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 ChekhovHere I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me.
Anton ChekhovCross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the grass," because it is clear and does not detain one's attention. On the other hand, it is difficult to figure out and hard on the brain if I write: "The tall, narrow-chested man of medium height and with a red beard sat down on the green grass that had already been trampled down by the pedestrians, sat down silently, looking around timidly and fearfully." The brain can't grasp all that at once, and art must be grasped at once, instantaneously.
Anton Chekhov