By nature servile, people attempt at first glance to find signs of good breeding in the appearance of those who occupy more exalted stations. - Anton Chekhov

BORKIN: [Sighing] The life of a man is like a flower, blooming so gaily in a field. Then, along comes a goat, he eats it, and the flower is gone!

كلما كان الإنسان أكثر تطورا وتفكيراً وغوصاً في دقائق الأمور، أصبح أقل جرأة وأكثر وسوسة وأشد وجلاً في التصدى للمسألة.

I think human beings must have faith or must look for faith, otherwise our life is empty, empty. To live and not to know why the cranes fly, why children are born, why there are stars in the sky. You must know why you are alive, or else everything is nonsense, just blowing in the wind.