Anton Chekhov

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

"Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it."

"Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit."

"Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other."

"Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric."

"The sea has neither meaning nor pity."

"There is nothing new in art except talent."

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

"When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that's science."

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