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

To advise is not to compel.

—Anton Chekhov

There is nothing new in art except talent.

—Anton Chekhov

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

—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

Man is what he believes.

—Anton Chekhov

The day, water, sun, moon, night—I do not have to purchase these things with money.

—Plautus

The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.

—Dennis Banks

The revolt of the poet is invariably conservative at its roots.… Not politically conservative, but imaginatively conservative, with a profound regard for what is given, as earth or air, sun or moon or stars, or the dreams of man.

—Cid Corman