Intellectual force is qualitatively the first and foremost productive force, and concern for its rapid growth should be the ardent concern of all classes. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
To speak the truth is the most difficult of all arts, for in its "pure" form, not connected with the interests of individuals, groups, classes, or nations, truth is almost completely unsuitable for use by the Philistine and is unacceptable… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
An honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
“In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face.” — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
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… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
“...the more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life. And we, wrapped round… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
Everywhere, within man and without, there is devastation, instability, chaos, and evidence of some prolonged rout. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
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… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
