We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.

A horrible human toll the Russian Orthodox Church suffered throughout almost the entire 20th century. The Church is just rising from its knees. Our young post-Soviet state is just learning to respect the Church as an independent institution.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

The central government possesses no plan of finding the way out of this blind alley.

It makes me happier, more secure, to think that I do not have to plan and manage everything for myself, that I am only a sword made sharp to smite the unclean forces, an enchanted sword to cleave and disperse them. Grant, O Lord, that I may not break as I strike! Let me not fall from Thy hand!

It is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions.

Let your memory be your travel bag.