Religion itself cannot but be dynamic which is why "return" is an incorrect term. A return to the forms of religion which perhaps existed a couple of centuries ago is absolutely impossible. On the contrary, in order to combat modern materialistic mores, as religion must, to fight nihilism and egotism, religion must also develop, must be flexible in its forms, and it must have a correlation with the cultural forms of the epoch.

I am deeply convinced that God is present both in the lives of every person and also in the lives of entire nations.

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

The task must be to banish from mankind's thought the idea that anybody has the right to use force against righteousness, against justice, against mutual agreements.

A whole week, a single campaign, a month, a week, even a day was far more than enough to cut a company or platoon to ribbons or cripple a man for life: it needed only a quarter of an hour.

Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle.

When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.