I am of the opinion that we shouldn't turn away from Europe. We have to find ways to revitalize our relations.

In a crisis, we will destroy exactly the weapons. Russia will never again fight on its own territory .

Russians aren't good at haggling, they aren't passionate about business. But they are outstanding fighters.

It scares me when the Europeans demand more and more democracy. It sounds like times past, when people here demanded more and more socialism.

The German chancellor said that our president lives in a different world. I believe he lives in a very real world.

For the next decades, Europe will not be a model that is attractive to Russia.

In Putin's world, and in mine, it is inconceivable that women be harassed and raped in public.

American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.

Russian politics was focused for too long on fixing past mistakes - fixing the mistakes made in the 1990s.

In the strange dreams of man, there are stories that are unknowingly being built by them. Mine are among the billions that remain untold.

Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change.

We don't have eternal life because we're good, we have it because God is good.

Even when you self-destruct, you want to fail more, lose more, die more than others, stink more than others.

Poetry was the maiden I loved, but politics was the harridan I married.

I did try to win a sixth, but it was not to be.

To achieve purity of mind, one should cultivate constant awareness by being mindful all the time. One should remain always aware of one's thoughts.

I definitely try and wash my face twice a day, and I never go to bed with my makeup on. I mostly just wash my face and try to not touch my face because that's when you get pimples.

I want to discover a truth for myself that is really true. Whether it's a piece of scientific knowledge, or a philosophical truth.