It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

Truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter.

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

The perception of the West as mostly a "knight of democracy" has been replaced with the disappointed belief that pragmatism, often cynical and selfish, lies at the core of Western policies. For many Russians it was a grave disillusion, a crushing of ideals.

We will die, but art will remain.

We have to condemn the very idea that some people have the right to repress others.

On our crowded planet there are no longer any internal affairs!