History is more interesting than politics.

If geography is prose, maps are iconography.

Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave.

Ive never met a general yet who could milk a cow.

Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me.

Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature.

Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another.

In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The present was always temporary.

Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't.

Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.

Body needs variable of time to be able to settle presence of soul in this three-dimensional space.

Shadows are our Dark Selves brought to Light.

When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.

What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.

Children must be educated by love, not punishment.

I was never the 'babe,' so I knew I'd never get those big roles. I'd always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick.

He called out to his fellow monks,'Come quickly I am tasting stars.

A good counter needs no calculator.

The run of the ball is not in our court at the moment

Men who write love letters don't live in this century.