We have created stability, which is a necessary condition for development. But I can't call this system authoritarian.

It's better not to argue with women.

It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.

We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.

Maybe they have nothing else to do in America but to talk about me.

Hitler wanted to destroy Russia- everyone needs to remember how that ended

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.

We do not have the right to make the name of God look bad by our pitiful and impoverished existence

Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.

Not even a collapsing world looks dark to a man who is about to make his fortune.

Discern the vital few from the trivial Many.

I believe the game is designed to reward the ones who hit the hardest - If you can't take it, you shouldn't play!

I have had all the disadvantages required for success.

I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.

"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."

Without quietude you cannot enjoy the cool vibrations of the Divine.

I try to find something that applies not to me only, but to others, but don't try to control it too much. Essentially it is about what moves us, teaches us about ourselves.