... a man can safely sacrifice a great deal as long as he clings to the essential.

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.

The kiss is neither returned nor exchanged, because it's free. (Le baiser n'est ni repris - Ni échangé, car gratuit.)

I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label.

I have never cared enough about money to worry about spending it, and have been fortunate to make enough to be spoiled rotten.

All of us can meet God's high expectations.

Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.

Words are useless, especially sentences.

Sadness is very close to hate.

I went to Mongolia many years ago and it was so incredible.

Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.

I promote my value to others with passion and enthusiasm.