One world, one mankind cannot exist in the face of six, four or even two scales of values: We shall be torn apart by this disparity of rhythm, this disparity of vibrations.

I leaf through the ancient philosophers and find my newest discoveries there.

When I was in the gulag I would sometimes even write on stone walls. I used to write on scraps of paper, then I memorised the contents and destroyed the scraps.

Just as King Midas turned everything to gold, Stalin turned everything to mediocrity.

It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed.

To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.

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