Being on the side of the Light is much tougher than being on the side of the Dark.

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 stupid question asks about things so fundamental that everyone assumes the answer is obvious.

My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.

Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.

I'm trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.

Well what a turn-up. From professional footballer to television presenter to green politician. Whatever next?

Where people are using phones in rural areas their risk of brain cancer is higher than in urban areas.

If you don't feel something strongly you're not going to achieve.

A homemade affair that's just in time for Halloween.

Like icebergs, people normally expose only a small part of themselves, and generally just the part they wish to show.

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages.