What the soul is to the body, so is the artist to his people.
If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.
The noblest art is that of making others happy
Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.
The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.
There is no greater picture than that of 10,000 smiling children. No brighter music than their clear-ringing laughter. That I, with my small amusements, have created such precious art is my life's proudest achievement.
Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly.
The property of the estate owners (pomeshchiks) doesn't belong to any particular detachment, but to the people as a whole. Let the people take what they want.
I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.
I like to think that I try to learn something every day - and change my views, modify my views as I learn.
Your attitude about who you are and what you have is a very little thing that makes a very big difference.