European democracy was originally imbued with a sense of Christian responsibility and self-discipline, but these spiritual principles have been gradually losing their force. Spiritual independence is being pressured on all sides by the dictatorship of self-satisfied vulgarity, of the latest fads, and of group interests.

One cannot declare that only his faith is correct and all other faiths are not. God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God. One must not have any negative attitude to any religion but nonetheless the depth of understanding God and the depth of applying God's commandments is different in different religions.

... once you get up steam, you are carried helplessly along.

As the fathers live, so the children play.

The earlier, the more fun. Why put it off? It’s the atomic age!

For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.

In military science there is a principle more important than "Forward": it is that the task should be proportionate to the means.