There is something predetermined in the mutual attraction between Germany and Russia. Otherwise, this attraction would not have survived two ghastly World Wars.

When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm.

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

Everyone is guilty of something or has something to conceal. All one has to do is look hard enough to find what it is.

My wish for you... is that your skeptic-eclectic brain be flooded with the light of truth.

What is an optimist? The man who says, "It's worse everywhere else. We're better off than the rest of the world. We've been lucky." He is happy with things as they are and he doesn't torment himself. What is a pessimist? The man who says, "Things are fine everywhere but here. Everyone else is better off than we are. We're the only ones who've had a bad break." He torments himself continually.

We have ourselves to save.