"I built a steel plant from the grassroots, so I learned all the nuts and bolts. When there was a problem, I would be able to guide them, though I am not a technical person."

“Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives”

“I know there will be X amount of women being diagnosed. I love to say, You can get through it. You can.”

“How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?”

“Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.”

“The property of the estate owners (pomeshchiks) doesn't belong to any particular detachment, but to the people as a whole. Let the people take what they want.”

Source : "Atamansha: the Story of Maria Nikiforova, the Anarchist Joan of Arc" by Malcolm Archibald, Dublin: Black Cat Press, (p. 24), 2007.

“Based on the overwhelming array of luxury products manufacturers have recently introduced, homeowners want anything that makes their lives more comfortable at home. Whether it involves heating/warming accessories or spa-like home environments, it's part of the 'cocooning' phenomena that has resurfaced. People are spending more time at home and they want to be comfortable. They want to use their home to its full potential, not just as a place to eat and sleep between workdays.”

“Alas, I have done nothing this day! What?! Have you not lived? It is not only the fundamental but the noblest of your occupations.”

“Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.”