... but it is human to be outraged by injustice, even to the point of courting destruction!

A great writer is, so to speak, a secret government in his country

It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven.

The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Boris Yeltsin's period was characterized by a no less irresponsible attitude to people's lives, but in other ways. In his haste to have private rather than state ownership as quickly as possible, Yeltsin started a mass, multi-billion-dollar fire sale of the national patrimony. Wanting to gain the support of regional leaders, Yeltsin called directly for separatism and passed laws that encouraged and empowered the collapse of the Russian state. This deprived Russia of its historical role for which it had worked so hard, and lowered its standing in the international community.

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

Economic growth is not only unncessary, but ruinous.