For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.

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

It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.

To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.

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

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.

If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.

Don't confuse your mentor with your buddies. Unlike the latter, your mentor isn't contented with where you're in life right now...

If you work in The Dark, you MUST live in The Light.

I know you've got to earn people's trust, and you've got to earn it day after day after day.

It's great to express yourself and tell other people's stories and get into the minds of people who aren't like you.

The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.

I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it

I can promise to be sincere, but I cannot promise to be impartial.

It's great to be great, but it's great to be human.

A song has to be hummable and memorable at it simplest form, and that's what bass does for me. I feel like the glue to everything.