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

Socialism of any type leads to a total destruction of the human spirit...

In our age, when technology is gaining control over life, when material well-being is considered the most important goal, when the influence of religion has been weakened everywhere in the world, a special responsibility lies upon the writer.

Beat a dog once and you only have to show him the whip.

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.

A leader should not be a man who arbitrarily imported his own ideas but the essential focal point for a group of people who trusted one another and worked for a common aim.

One should not ascribe the evil deeds of individual leaders or political regimes to an innate fault of the Russian people and their country.