If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

Ties to people on the other side of the storm could be severed. Love could bud, then wither and die without a bloom when the storm ended and reality bled back in.

Authors don't have wings. We must climb the mountain, not try to fly to its top.

There's no such thing as a good or bad culture, it's either a strong or weak culture. And a good culture for somebody else may not be a good culture for you.

The Earth never ceases to spin. All life is dancing : The trees, the wind, the sea. Keep dancing for the rest of your life.

I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands.

I used to dream. I used to glance beyond the stars. Now I don't know where we are Although I know we've drifted far!

Use what you have in your gym. Try to do my training program, you will lose your fat and gain muscles at the same time.

We must pursue the removal of church property by any means necessary in order to secure for ourselves a fund of several hundred million gold rubles.