Quotes from Ivan Panin

Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most.

Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.

We are not men, but promises of men.

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.

Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.

Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.

What we know is to what we do not know, as a grain of sand is to the beach.

The best life is that which makes the best of life.

Life is not meant to be hard: if it is, we make it so.

Hast thou fallen? Do not groan and lament: rather be thankful for the opportunity given thee to rise once more.

Solve the problem of life? Live, and you solve it.

Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint.

For misdirected love, the attainment of its object is, indeed, the best cure; but it cures as the guillotine cures headache.

To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows.

As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.

Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

History is not fable agreed upon, but truth disagreed upon.

It may be true that love is blind, but only for what is ugly: its sight is keen enough for what is beautiful.

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning.

However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.

If you must hate a man for the many things about which you disagree, remember that you should also love him for the many things about which you agree.