Even in Siberia there is happiness.

I have no will of my own. Never did. Limp and lily-livered, I always obey - is it possible that's attractive to women?

If many remedies are prescribed for an illness, you may be certain that the illness has no cure.

In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.

He keeps going, going, going on; his people groan and fall one after the other, but he keeps on going, going and in the end, perishes himself, but still remains the despot and tsar of the desert because the cross over his grave is visible to caravans thirty-forty miles away and reigns over the wasteland.

There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.

I was oppressed with a sense of vague discontent and dissatisfaction with my own life, which was passing so quickly and uninterestingly, and I kept thinking it would be a good thing if I could tear my heart out of my breast, that heart which had grown so weary of life.

If you want to work on your art, work on your life.

You are confusing two notions, "the solution of a problem" and "the correct posing of the question". Only the second is essential for the artist.