You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better. Maxim Gorky More Quotes by Maxim Gorky More Quotes From Maxim Gorky The higher goal a person pursues, the quicker his ability develops, and the more beneficial he will become to the society. I believe for sure that this is also a truth. Maxim Gorky abilitygoalbelieve The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul. Maxim Gorky qualitysoulart You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know. Maxim Gorky hidden-meaningknowsphilosophy You will not drown the truth in seas of blood Maxim Gorky seablood All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I've even heard people say that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens. Maxim Gorky heavenpeopleworld Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man. Maxim Gorky truthmenlying The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'. Maxim Gorky moneybusinessbeautiful Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent. Maxim Gorky innscastlesair If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is hard to hear and accept, and it is only natural that many people deny it and say it is better for a man to live on in a trance than to wake up to torture. Maxim Gorky soulmenpeople Jail doesn't teach anyone to do good, nor Siberia, but a man-yes! A man can teach another man to do good-believe me! Maxim Gorky jailmenbelieve The illness of a doctor is always worse than the illnesses of his patients.The patients only feel, but the doctor, as well as feeling, has a pretty good idea of the destructive effect of the disease on his constitution.This is a case in which knowledge brings death nearer. Maxim Gorky doctorsfeelingsideas Everybody, my friend, everybody lives for something better to come. That's why we want to be considerate of every man - Who knows what's in him, why he was born and what he can do? Maxim Gorky optimisticjusticemen An honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains. Maxim Gorky crooksbrainmen This fear is what is the ruin of us all. And some dominate us; they take advantage of our fear and frighten us still more. Mark this: as long as people are afraid, they will rot like the birches in the marsh. We must grow bold; it is time! Maxim Gorky ruinslongpeople The intelligentsia ...was kept busy embroidering white stitches on the philosophical and ecclesiastical vestments of the bourgeoisie - that old and filthy fabric besmeared with the blood of toiling masses. Maxim Gorky philosophicalphilosophyblood One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . . Maxim Gorky odespraisemen There's a little book I'm thinking of writing - "Swan Song" is what I shall call it. The song of the dying. And my book will be incense burnt at the deathbed of this society, damned with the damnation of its own impotence. Maxim Gorky writingsongbook All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up. Maxim Gorky soulwantlittles Even a bad man is better than a good book. Maxim Gorky good-bookmenbook What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians. Maxim Gorky abuseblackmean
