Humanity Will Live As Long As There

Chekhov Said: Let's Put God - And All These Grand Progressive Ideas - To One Side. Let's Begin With Man; Let's Be Kind And Attentive To The Individual Man - Whether He's A Bishop, A Peasant, An Industrial Magnate, A Convict In The Sakhalin Islands, Or A Waiter In A Restaurant. Let's Begin With Respect, Compassion, And Love For The Individual - Or We'll Never Get Anywhere.

I Don't Want You To Be Young And Beautiful. I Only Want One Thing. I Want You To Be Kind-hearted - And Not Just Towards Cats And Dogs.

There Is A Deep And Undeniable Sadness In All This: Whenever We See The Dawn Of An Eternal Good That Will Never Be Overcome By Evil – An Evil That Is Itself Eternal But Will Never Succeed In Overcoming Good – Whenever We See This Dawn, The Blood Of Old People And Children Is Always Shed.

Ivan Tells Anna: "i Used To Imagine That Being Embraced By A Woman . . . As Something So Wonderful That It Would Make Me Forget Everthing . . . [but] Happiness, It Turns Out, Will Be To Share With You The Burden I Can't Share With Anyone Else.

At War A Russian Man Puts On A White Shirt. He May Live In Sin, But He Dies Like A Saint.