... the inexorable lesson of centuries: suffering must be borne; there is no way out.

To taste the sea all one needs is one gulp.

I would rather have the United States as the world's policeman than the Soviet Union as the world's jailer.

The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.

The fewer limitations the artist imposes on his work, the less chance he has for artistic success.

... people don't know what they are striving for. They waste themselves in senseless thrashing around for the sake of a handful of goods and die without realizing their spiritual wealth.

If... if... We didn't love freedom enough. And even more - we had no awareness of the real situation. We spent ourselves in one unrestrained outburst in 1917, and then we hurried to submit. We submitted with pleasure! ........... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.