Justness exists, even if few people exist who feel it.

The solemn pledge to abstain from telling the truth was called socialist realism.

What is the most precious thing in the world? I see now that it is the knowledge that you have no part in injustice. Injustice is stronger than you, it always was and always will be, but let it not be done through you.

If there were no executioners, there would be no executions.

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

Truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter.

It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.