«Thoughts» is a regular column on the last page of Forbes Russia, featuring quotes from great minds. Here is a selection from 2024. To be continued!
About books
The main difference between literature and life is that… in books, the proportion of original people is very high, while that of trivial ones is low; in life, it’s the opposite.
Aldous Huxley
About difficulties
Of course, one must be able to overcome difficulties, but one must also know how not to create them for oneself.
Pyotr Kapitsa
About breakthroughs
The world is developing so fast that the person who says something is impossible is interrupted by someone who has already done it.
Elbert Hubbard
Liars’ Contest
First prize was awarded to the person who told the truth.
Ilya Ilf
About common sense
The secret of genius is work, persistence, and common sense.
Thomas Edison
About learning
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
Thomas Huxley
About goals and means
When it seems to you that the goal is unattainable, do not change the goal — change your plan of action.
Confucius
About strength.
Our main task is to strengthen the lower classes. All the strength of the country lies in them. There are more than 100 million of them.
Pyotr Stolypin
About civilization
People call the customs of their own time «civilization, ” and those of the past „barbarism.“
Anatole France
