Nowadays we don't think much of a man's love for an animal; we laugh at people who are attached to cats. But if we stop loving animals, aren't we bound to stop loving humans too?

If so far we have been unable to see clearly or to reflect the eternal lineaments of truth, is it not because we too are still moving towards some end-because we are still alive?

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.

Economic growth is not only unncessary, but ruinous.

Your friend will argue with you.

When the whole discussion of "developing a national idea" hastily began in post-Soviet Russia, I tried to pour cold water on it with the objection that, after all the devastating losses we had experienced, it would be quite sufficient to have just one task: the preservation of a dying people.

Yes, you live with your feet in the mud and there's no time to be thinking about how you got in or how you're going to get out.