"Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice."
"People's destinies are so different. Some people drag along, unnoticed and boring—they're all alike, and they're all unhappy. Then there are others, like for instance you—you're one in a million. You're happy—"
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Source: Anton Chekhov's letter to A.S. Suvorin, October 18, 1888.
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