# Rudin

- Author: [Ivan S. Turgenev](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-s-turgenev.md)
- Quotes: 3
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-s-turgenev/rudin

## Quotes

> Egoism is suicide. The egoist withers like a solitary barren tree; but pride, ambition, as the active effort after perfection, is the source of all that is great ... Yes! a man must prune away the stubborn egoism of his personality to give it the right of self-expression.

> Do you see that apple tree? It is broken by the weight and abundance of its own fruit. True emblem of a genius.

> Blessed is he who has been young in his youth.