There is a law of time, a law of oblivion: glory to the dead; life to the living.

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.

If you Have ever Fainted, You Are a stranger in the land of the dead!

You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.

Sometimes you’ll hear, ‘People don’t change.’ This is true more often than it ought to be, but listen again: ‘People don’t change.’ It says ‘don’t, ’ not ‘can’t.’ (316)

To show his nervousness was not shameful

I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.

It was bad enough when I thought your ghost was haunting me; I don't think I could handle the real thing.

We do not go to mission lands to 'bring Jesus Christ' as much as to uncover him where he already is.

It take a certain type of man to teach, to be far from hood but to understand the streets.

If you knew all the dreams I've dreamed!

Be merry, really merry. The life of a true Christian should be a perpetual jubilee, a prelude to the festivals of eternity.