Lectures on Russian Literature / Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy

strength of Pushkin as a force in Russian literature comes from this his very weakness.

And the highest is only attainable not when our lives are guided by our gifts, but when our gifts are guided by our lives

And the highest is only attainable not when our lives are guided by our gifts, but when our gifts are guided by our lives.