The strictness of Russian laws is mitigated by the non-obligation to fulfill them.
If someone tells you he is going to make a “realistic decision”, you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.
数学家研究纯数学不是因为它有用;他研究它是因为他喜欢它,他喜欢它是因为它美丽。
艺术家必须是神秘的仆人。
Life is a thousand-petaled lotus; by refusing to bloom, I also refuse to wither.
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.