It takes a fool to rush off to war!

The revolution is an amalgam of former Party functionaries, quasi- democrats, KGB officers, and black-market wheeler-dealers, who are standing in power now and have represented a dirty hybrid unseen in world history

It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions.

I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.

The task must be to banish from mankind's thought the idea that anybody has the right to use force against righteousness, against justice, against mutual agreements.

A hard life improves the vision.