You are not Dostoevsky, ' said the woman...'You never can tell...' he answered.'Dostoevsky is dead, ' the woman said, a bit uncertainly.'I protest!' he said with heat, 'Dostoevsky is immortal!

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!

The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!

No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own.

But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.

I don't have any special talents, just an ordinary desire to live like a human being.

Why do smart people exist, if not to figure out convoluted problems?

Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and has not only bought it, but has already spilled it.

Mourn with those are sorrowful.Be happy with those who are joyful.

Losing is an illusion that begins in your mind.Winning is a certainty that ends in quitting.

Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour.

In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.

No more excuses. I can't blame anything on my parents. I'm responsible for my mistakes and my choices.

I have to work very hard to look the way I do. I want the girls out there to know that.

Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light.

Meditation and prayer have withstood the test of time. They work today as perfectly as they did for those who first practised and perfected them.

My nutrition choices are for my health, not to lose weight.