A great writer is, so to speak, a secret government in his country

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.

It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.

To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.

That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.

If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.

Visionary Fiction speaks the language of the soul. It offers a vision of humanity as we dream it could be.

Still trying to save the world?” “Always, ” I said, “and in case you haven’t noticed, it’s working. The world is still here.

The most obvious question of every citizen who is responsible to his nation's transformation is, "What can I do in this situation?

Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.

If and when we get married, only a completely opposite system will prevail.

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.

Stefan: "Indian with a dot, not a feather.

The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.

I've come more to terms with the fact that I sound like myself. No matter what I do, I sound like myself.

For one who is having no personal experience, the passionate disquiet of others is at any rate a titillation of the nerves, like seeing a play or listening to music.