Human nature is full of riddles and contradictions; its very complexity engenders art-and by art I mean the search for something more than simple linear formulations, flat solutions, oversimplified explanations.

Here again we witness the single outcome of a worldwide process, with East and West yielding the same results, and once again for the same reason: Men have forgotten God.

Truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter.

Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them.

Your friend will argue with you.

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being.