Excerpts from Gorky's famous sayings

1. I threw myself on books like a hungry man on bread.

2. The higher the goal a person pursues, the faster his talents develop and the more beneficial he is to society.

3. Learning - it’s never too late.

4. Books are the ladder of human progress.

5. The fastest and slowest thing in the world, the longest and shortest thing, the most ordinary thing but the most precious thing, the most easily ignored thing and the most regrettable thing is time.

6. People need the truth, just like a blind man needs a bright guide.

7. The broader a person’s knowledge, the more perfect he himself becomes.

8. Genius develops due to love for career. It can be said that genius - by its very nature - is nothing more than love for a career, for work.

9. A person can never know exactly who he is... he should be asked who he thinks he is.

10. Sometimes a person can only be understood after his death, just like reading a good book, you can only understand it after reading the last line. ——"The Life of Klim Samkin"

11. Time can heal all wounds, just because it can make everything die, including the so-called love and sympathy.

13. Reason is higher than the heart, and thoughts are more reliable than emotions.

14. Those who don’t know what they will do tomorrow are unfortunate.

15. People should decorate their souls, not their bodies.

16. Reflection is a clear mirror that can reveal the stains on the soul.

17. People's ugliness is not all their own fault... - "Mother"

18. No one has discovered that the interactions between people are just empty talk. , some empty talk that means nothing, no one understands anyone, and no one wants to understand anyone. ——"Isolated from the World"

19. The earth is almost ridiculously crowded, and people all follow the same path.

20. For people, the world is a dark night, and everyone must light their own way. ——"In the World"

21. If you add some copper to children's food, the children's bones will not grow well and they will become dwarfs. Similarly, if an adult is poisoned by gold, his soul will be destroyed. It will become small, dead, and dark, just like a rubber ball worth only five cents... - "Mother"

22. Poverty can make people sink, but it can also make people sublime. ——"Travel in the Soviet Union"

23. Common people are the creators of gods! Countless people in the world! Compared with all the Orthodox Christians in the church, they are the great martyrs, they are God! ——"Confession"

24. Life is fleeting, but sometimes one's career can last forever.

25. If a person wants to win in the struggle for survival, he must either be wise or have a heart like a beast.

26. Yes, life has the ability to punish those who are unwilling to serve it... ——"Isolation"

27. The birth of a person is always accompanied by Pain and bleeding in the mother's body.

28. There is a fool and a liar in everyone: the fool is human emotion, and the liar is human wisdom. The reason why emotion is stupid is that it is straightforward, true, and does not pretend, but it is not How can you live by pretending? - "Because of boredom"

29. If you can accept your fate in life, you will live smoothly and quietly. Don't stand against the wind, as many things will blow in the wind. ;