If a person has done wrong, is conscious of what he has done and does not say sorry, I ask God to take him into account. I forgive him, but he does not receive that forgiveness, he is closed to forgiveness. We must forgive, because we were all forgiven. It is another thing to receive that forgiveness.

I believe in the old warrior's credo that "to the victor go the spoils."

Faith is professed with the lips and with the heart, through words & through love.

Living together is an art. It's a patient art, it's a beautiful art, it's fascinating.

When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.

Since God created the world, He also created reality.

[Orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, my brother. We kissed each other, embraced, and then a conversation for two hours. Old age doesn't come on its own.Two hours where we spoke as brothers, sincerely and no one knows what was spoke about, only what we said at the end publicly about how we felt as we spoke.