That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life

One should not ascribe the evil deeds of individual leaders or political regimes to an innate fault of the Russian people and their country.

To reject this inhuman Communist ideology is simply to be a human being. Such a rejection is more than a political act. It is a protest of our souls against those who would have us forget the concepts of good and evil.

Even the most broad-minded of us can embrace only that part of truth into which our own snout has blundered.

I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.

Too much art was no art at all. Like candy instead of bread!

I leaf through the ancient philosophers and find my newest discoveries there.