See farther by standing on "the shoulders of giants"       Inspirational and Powerful Quotes by Russian authors     The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them. Anton Chekhov To love someone means to see him as God intended him. Fyodor Dostoyesvski   Russian Proverbs Everything genius is simple. Live for a century – learn for a century. Courage takes cities. No one should go to another monastery with one's own charter.   If not me, then who? And if not now, then when? Mikhail Gorbachev Poems should be written in such a way that if you throw a poem at a window, the glass will break. Daniil Kharms If you strop learning, you stop creating history and become history. VadiK Inventor Author Founder Meetings are dangerous for life − they can bore you to death. Kotfucius Always do your best − wonderful rewards will follow.  Kseniya Create 360! Be super-creative! Think creatively, act creatively, live creatively, grow creatively! Dennis Never give up on your dreams Never ever quit on yourself and never quit on what truly matters to you. Maria Kalyanova   Discover your talents, follow your dreams, and never give up! Marina Vorobyeva The weak against the strong, is always in the wrong. Ivan Krylov Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else. Dmitri Mendeleev Even an idiot becomes smarter when he falls in love. Kozma Prutkov     "We, Russians, are so created by our Russian God that we can feel the pain of others as if it were our own. We sympathize with Poland and give our lives for it, we crucify ourselves for Jewish equality, weep for the Boers, worry about Bulgaria or volunteer for Garibaldi... And no one is capable of so generously, so modestly, so selflessly and so sincerely throwing away their lives in the name of the illusory idea of the happiness of the future of humanity as we are." ~ Alexander Kuprin, 1909     Ever since the World War II, it was Russia's mission to fight and defeat fascism globally. Vladimir Putin I've been smart enough to have lived my life stupidly. Faina Ranevskaya Having protected the fatherland with security from the enemy, one should strive to find glory for the state through the arts and sciences. Peter the Great People laugh not because I am funny, but because I make them feel clever. Arkady Raikin I believe in one thing only, the power of human will. Joseph Stalin Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art. Konstantin Stanislavsky Easy victories are not dear to the Russian heart. Alexander Suvorov The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. Leo Tolstoy There are knowledgeable people, and there are wise people. Knowledgeable people are those who know a lot. Wise people are those who understand what they know. Mikhail Zadornov Discovering your place in this world is not enough, you must also be the first to get there. Mikhail Zhvanetsky     Russian children write to God