When one longs for a drink, it seems as though one could drink a whole ocean, that is faith; but when one begins to drink, one can only drink altogether two glasses, that is science.
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If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.
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Mankind has conceived history as a series of battles; hitherto it has considered fighting as the main thing in life.
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How easy it is, Doctor, to be a philosopher on paper, and how hard it is in life!
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Dinner at the "Continental" to commemorate the great reform [the abolition of the serfdom in 1861]. Tedious and incongruous. To dine, drink champagne, make a racket, and deliver speeches about national consciousness, the conscience of the people, freedom, and such things, while slaves in tail-coats are running round your tables, veritable serfs, and your coachmen wait outside in the street, in the bitter cold, that is lying to the Holy Ghost.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Soul)
When performing an autopsy, even the most inveterate spiritualist would have to question where the soul is.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Art)
An artist must pass judgment only on what he understands; his range is limited as that of any other specialist, that's what I keep repeating and insisting upon. Anyone who says that the artist's field is all answers and no questions has never done any writing or had any dealings with imagery. An artist observes, selects, guesses and synthesizes.
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Of course politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far as blather and sharpening the mind go, it provides inexhaustible material.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Moods)
I'm in mourning for my life.
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