Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly. Ivan Turgenev Read Quote
There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by. Ivan Turgenev Read Quote
In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn’t know art, just as it doesn’t know freedom, just as it doesn’t know goodness. Ivan Turgenev Read Quote
However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words. Ivan Turgenev Read Quote
In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country’s fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! Ivan Turgenev Read Quote
To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. Ivan Turgenev Read Quote
