Maxim Gorky

"A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains. "

"Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man--Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do "

"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is. "

"In the carriages of the past you can't go anywhere. "

"One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty. "

"When work is a pleasure, life is a joy When work is a duty, life is slavery. "

"You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better. "