Yes, there is something in me hateful, repulsive," thought Ljewin, as he came away from the Schtscherbazkijs', and walked in the direction of his brother's lodgings. "And I don't get on with other people. Pride, they say. No, I have no pride. If I had any pride, I should not have put myself in such a position".

Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think about than what one should think about.

Faith is the force of life.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

Every work of art causes the receiver to enter into a certain kind of relationship both with him who produced the art, and with all those who, simultaneously, previously, or subsequently, receive the same artistic impression. Art is a human activity- that one man consciously by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that others are touched by these feelings and also experience them.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.