1. If a person depends on himself, if he stays out of the collective relationship and the scope of any great idea of uniting the people, he will become lazy, conservative and hostile to the development of life. -Gorky

2. Reading a book is like opening a window to life. -Gorky

3. Truth is a tool to understand things and a ladder on the road of people's progress and rise. -Gorky

4. There is no end to the bold activities of science, and there should be no end. -Gorky

5. Ideal can bring joy to the unfortunate people in the world. -Gorky

6. There are many empty talkers who study only to "refute" others and loudly publicize their revolutionary spirit so as to jump in front of those comrades who are more modest and serious. -Gorky

7. On the basis of attaching importance to labor and respecting laborers, we may create our own new morality. Labor and science are the two greatest forces in the world. -Gorky

8. We should love science, because there is nothing more powerful and invincible than science. -Gorky