We learn about life not from plusses alone but from minuses as well.

Author: Anton Chekhov

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Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.

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

You must trust and believe in people, or life becomes impossible.

If you are afraid of loneliness do not marry.

Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.

We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.

It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

My heart never knew loneliness until you went away.