Anton Chekhov

Everything on earth [is] beautiful, everything, except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

—Anton Chekhov

Alas, what is terrible is not the skeletons, but the fact that I am no longer terrified by them.

—Anton Chekhov

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

—Anton Chekhov

Man is what he believes.

—Anton Chekhov

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

—Anton Chekhov

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

—Anton Chekhov

There is nothing new in art except talent.

—Anton Chekhov

To advise is not to compel.

—Anton Chekhov

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

—Anton Chekhov

If a lot of cures are suggested for a disease it means that the disease is incurable.

—Anton Chekhov