In all probability an outburst of desperation in the midst of general submissiveness will always help.

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.

There is something deep within us that sobs at endings. Why, God, does everything have to end? Why does all nature grow old? Why do spring and summer have to go?

Engage the whole community with a common purpose to build an innovative and sustainable enterprise.

People want us, or want us dead, because of what we are, not who we are. It's hard.

Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.

Going without a thing enhances the desire to get it.

Suffering makes you deep. Travel makes you broad. In case I get my pick, I'd rather travel.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Yeah, I think on my resume it still says that - that I can juggle.

Of course I don't believe in it [pointing to horseshoe on his office wall]. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.

would you dare to love me?