The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul...

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

Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.

Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.

A poet cannot be a Party member ... without paying the price.

That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life

An opposition is necessary and desirable for the healthy development of any country. You can scarcely find anyone in opposition, except for the communists, just like in Yeltsin's times. It is regrettable that there is still no constructive, clear and large-scale opposition in Russia. The growth and development of an opposition, as well as the maturing of other democratic institutions, will take more time and experience.