Ivan Turgenev

"To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness."

- Ivan Turgenev

"If we wait for the moment when absolutely everything is ready we shall never begin."

- Ivan Turgenev

"Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly."

- Ivan Turgenev