The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.
The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.
If you live in a graveyard, you can't weep for everyone.
It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions.
You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.
I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever.