We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

The soul is healed by being with children.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

But how could you live and have no story to tell?

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.

Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared.

They have the unique ability to listen to one story and understand another.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

Why do men carry guns and build prison camps, when the nurturing earth is made for freedom?

To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.

You cannot love an employee into creativity, although you can ... avoid his dissatisfactions with the way you treat him.

The beginning of all wisdom is recognition of facts.

I'm the biggest slob in the world. My apartment is a mess.

The only thing particularly new about the "new atheism" is its nastiness.