In order to have a literature, a nation must live, not merely on the practical, but on the moral and spiritual plane as well, contributing through its national life to the development of some side of the universal spirit of man.
Vissarion BelinskyDo not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge - they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.
Vissarion BelinskyChildren's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being.
Vissarion Belinsky