Author of quotes: Leonid Panteleev

That is why I call myself a bad Christian. You cannot serve God and mammon. And serve.
Read: "Leave all, follow Me." And don't leave. Hold on, cling to it ALL. Yes, very difficult, almost impossible to leave it. It is not only the apartment, clothes, delicious food, favorite books, maybe even a loved one, family... For me, as for many, it is also a favorite work...
Here we live - forked, going through life two-faced Janus, pray to God and reserved, Yes, but still worship mammon.

Prudence told him not to take it, it will be worse. But hunger was stronger than prudence, and hunger won.

A good teacher is usually a good diplomat. It calculates and ponders when to record or to punish, and when not to be.

If the punishment was already known, it would be easier, the unknown pressure is stronger than the expectation.

Face losing human expression, took the blunt and focused look, eyes clouded over and glowed with the inspiration inherent in every musician.