The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.

It is a brave man who is the first to sit down during a standing ovation.

I am deeply convinced that God is present both in the lives of every person and also in the lives of entire nations.

One should not ascribe the evil deeds of individual leaders or political regimes to an innate fault of the Russian people and their country.

What is the most precious thing in the world? I see now that it is the knowledge that you have no part in injustice. Injustice is stronger than you, it always was and always will be, but let it not be done through you.

Scientific research? Only when not at the cost of ethics-and first of all, those of the researchers themselves.

In all probability an outburst of desperation in the midst of general submissiveness will always help.