Not all of me shall die.

I have always insisted on the need for local self-government for Russia, but I never opposed this model to Western democracy. On the contrary, I have tried to convince my fellow citizens by citing the examples of highly effective local self-government systems in Switzerland and New England, both of which I saw first-hand.

A leader should not be a man who arbitrarily imported his own ideas but the essential focal point for a group of people who trusted one another and worked for a common aim.

To taste the sea all one needs is one gulp.

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

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

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words…By means of art were are sometimes sent - dimly, briefly - revelations unattainable by reason.