... that maxim of Descartes: "Question everything!" Question everything!

Woe to that nation whose literature is disturbed by the intervention of power. Because that is not just a violation against "freedom of print," it is the closing down of the heart of the nation, a slashing to pieces of its memory.

To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good.

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.

... any country that is not careful can be seized.

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

Happiness doesn't depend on the actual number of blessings we manage to scratch from life, only our attitude towards them.