One word of truth outweighs the whole world.

Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.

Why should I trust you? We haven't drunk from the same bowl of soup.

The revolution is an amalgam of former Party functionaries, quasi- democrats, KGB officers, and black-market wheeler-dealers, who are standing in power now and have represented a dirty hybrid unseen in world history

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.

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

The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. Neither a market economy nor even general abundance constitutes the crowning achievement of human life. If a nation's spiritual energies have been exhausted, it will not be saved from collapse by the most perfect government structure or by any industrial development. A tree with a rotten core cannot stand.