The aim of life is to be fully born, though its tragedy is that most of us die before we are thus born.

A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul.

Man is born as a freak of nature, being within nature and yet transcending it. He has to find principles of action and decision-making which replace the principles of instincts.

Man does not only sell commodities, he sells himself and feels himself to be a commodity.

Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.

All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about the existence regardless of whether this truth serves or hinders the survival purpose of a given society. All great art is revolutionary because it touches upon the reality of man and questions the reality of the various transitory forms of human society.

We talk a great deal about Russia today, and I'm afraid that in twenty years, we and Russia will be more similar than different.