The book contains more than 5,000 aphorisms, statements and quotes from 1000 authors - starting with ancient Eastern sages and including our contemporaries. Biblical aphorisms open each of the 45 thematic chapters. Then - aphorisms of thinkers of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Russian and Western authors of different eras, sages of the ancient and modern East. Each chapter ends with proverbs and sayings of the peoples of the world.