# Rudin

- Author: [Ivan Turgenev](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev.md)
- Quotes: 3
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev/rudin
- JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev/rudin.json

## 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev/rudin/egoism-is-suicide.md)

Topics: [selfishness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/selfishness.md), [ambition](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/ambition.md)

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev/rudin/do-you-see.md)

Topics: [talent](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/talent.md)

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev/rudin/blessed-is-he-who.md)

Topics: [youth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/youth.md)