First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position.

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.

One of the greatest secrets of great leaders

Originality of mind untainted, And enthusiasm for life, unlimited.

So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order.

My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun.

Not every problem someone has with his girlfriend is necessarily due to the capitalist mode of production.

I find the light and work it, work it, work it.

Religion is the first sense of community. Your sense of community occurs by reason of mutual experience with others.

I'm going to say a phrase or terminology or vowel that I don't know how to attack .

He was making all kinds of sounds apparently with his mouth, and shaking his head and I thought, gosh, is he trying to stop the orchestra? Is it all wrong? It was just unbelievable.

Few artists are able to accurately assess just how valuable and great their work is - or how much it will be appreciated by its audience. In other words, insecurity is the name of the game.