I never planned to be rich, frankly speaking. I was more interested in being free, and doing things. And money helps. But otherwise I was never that interested in it.

Newspapers are a centre of public culture. We can’t give in to extortion.

I am not aspiring to be a senior bureaucrat. It would limit my freedom.

I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.

I don't believe in democracy by bayonet.

It seems to be in fashion among Russian politicians to blame Berezovsky for everything. Soon they'll be holding him responsible for global warming, earthquakes and tsunamis.

It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics.

Owning a newspaper does not confer immunity.

Facts are important to me, not emotions. I would caution against speculation.

Politkovskaya was a known critic of the administration. For this reason, one cannot rule out the possibility that someone would want to blame the government for the murder.

Keep to active learning. You must learn, research and be so passionate about new ways and methods of doing things to be and remain relevant.

... crowding together to see something which would ease the boredom of perfection and time.

I believe theology should be about one's way of life, a kind of gaze into onesself and others, and a mode of one's profound existence in the world.

Inaction counted as a choice.

All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That's the way we go through our lives. Everybody.

What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.

No law made by man can overturn that of the Creator without dramatically affecting society in its very foundation.

It's real difficult to save when you don't have any money.

Rose: 'If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?' Doctor: 'Lots of planets have a north!