An introverted, bookish child, with a mass of complexes and her head full of crazy ideals and a childish faith in the beautiful prince who was searching for and would surely find her.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.

When leaders betray their people and the people don't overthrow them, it's not just the leaders who should be blamed.

You're a big boy, you ought to understand that punctual transport, public order and safe streets, polite people and good medical services are all the achievements of dictatorship.

Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves.

Fairy tales lie just as much as statistics do, but sometimes you can find a grain of truth in them.

When there are strange things going on all around, every coincidence should be considered very carefully.

Drinking beer in a children's playground is an old Soviet tradition.

If you have love in you, it's a strength. But if you are in love, it's a weakness.

There is very much in the world that is bad. But usually the attempt to defeat evil engenders more evil. I advise you to do good; that is the only way to win the victory.

Love is happiness, but only when you believe it will last forever. Even though every time it turns out to be a lie, it’s only faith that gives love its strength and its joy.

A human can alter their field, but can't change the world.

I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.

If you don't surrender to Christ, you surrender to chaos.

You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.

Happiness is only gained when your mind is in extended states of attention, when your mind is merging with the infinite.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

Well I've got lots more great TV projects in the pipeline.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering. Well-being.

Motives by excess reverse their very nature and instead of exciting, stun and stupefy the mind.

A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.