When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
Maxim Gorky

When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.
Maxim Gorky

When one loves somebody everything is clear - where to go, what to do - it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about anything.
Maxim Gorky

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
Maxim Gorky

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.
Maxim Gorky

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

You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better.
Maxim Gorky

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
Maxim Gorky