... mutual lack of understanding carries the threat of imminent and violent destruction.

It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions.

In our country they do not permit any information to be X-rayed through and through, nor any discussion to encompass all the facets of a subject. All this is invariably suppressed at the very beginning, so no ray of light should fall on the naked body of truth. And then all this is piled up in one formless heap covering many years, where it languishes for whole decades, until all interest and all means of sorting out the rusty blocks from all this trash are lost.

We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.

Why can't you understand? The stars fall down now and then. The gaps have to be filled.

You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.

Only a magician can fix a head on a body, but any fool can lop it off.