Seemingly opposing forces can amalgamate.

Perseverance can win all battles.

Do not discern it differently -- pursue it differently.

One needn't stop dysfunction just evince and reflect.

Credence can establish guidance in endeavors.

The mind is the most powerful sense.

Thoughts have unfathomable dimension.

A scolded mouse knows no grievance.

Bifurcation embraces the weapon of success and failure.

Life itself is a chance.

Aversion to change is denial of destiny.

I am beautifully on my own. I am free. At the end of the day, we should be our own heroes. Our own savers. Our own heroes.

If Makar Denisych was just a clerk or a junior manager, then no one would have dared talk to him in such a condescending, casual tone, but he is a 'writer', and a talentless medio

In a person who is open to experience each stimulus is freely relayed through the nervous system, without being distorted by any process of defensiveness.

My philosophy is to take one day at a time. I don't worry about the future. Tomorrow is even out of sight for me.

I always relate respectfully with blue-collar people.

You can't concentrate on doing anything if you are thinking, “What's gonna happen if it doesn't go right?

Human beings are good, they have shadow, every single one of us has redeeming qualities and every single one of us has qualities that people can hold against us. That’s what makes us human.

You can fight a porcupine and win, but if other folks get a look at you they may think it's a bad idea to mess with porcupines.

You can't reward people who don't want to work with more money than they would make while they were working.

A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption.