For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words…By means of art were are sometimes sent - dimly, briefly - revelations unattainable by reason.

In every life there is one particular event that is decisive for the entire person-for his fate, his convictions, his passions.

A horrible human toll the Russian Orthodox Church suffered throughout almost the entire 20th century. The Church is just rising from its knees. Our young post-Soviet state is just learning to respect the Church as an independent institution.

We are all human, and our senses are quicker to prompt us than our reason. Every man gives off a scent, and that scent tells you how to act before your head does.

Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.

An engineer cannot participate in irrationality.