The spirit of gratitude brings out the true beauty of life.

Most of humanity, he said, have eyes that are so caked shut with the dust of deception they will never see the truth, no matter who tries to help them.

For children is there any happiness which is not also noise?

I always think the great parts outlive the actors that play them and that's a stage tradition, that goes back hundreds of years and it should be that way.

Conscience is the most sacred of all property; other property depending in part on positive law, the exercise of that, being a natural and unalienable right.

Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about storytelling.

If the human being is condemned and restricted to perform the same functions over and over again, he will not even be a good ant, not to mention a good human being.

He who dies for virtue does not perish.

Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed.

I believe women do the best womenswear.

Here we have 40 million Russian citizens involved in the sphere of agriculture one way or another. This is very important.