When One Is Already On

It Is Not Because The Truth Is Too Difficult To See That We Make Mistakes... We Make Mistakes Because The Easiest And Most Comfortable Course For Us Is To Seek Insight Where It Accords With Our Emotions - Especially Selfish Ones.

When I Was Young, The Early Death Of My Father Cast A Shadow Over Me - And I Was Afraid To Die Before All My Literary Plans Came True. But Between 30 And 40 Years Of Age My Attitude To Death Became Quite Calm And Balanced. I Feel It Is A Natural, But No Means The Final, Milestone Of One's Existence.

Each Person Has His Special Moment Of Life When He Unfolded Himself To The Fullest, Felt To The Deepest, And Expressed Himself To The Utmost, To Himself And To Others.

In Our Country The Lie Has Become Not Just A Moral Category But A Pillar Of The State.

Religion Itself Cannot But Be Dynamic Which Is Why "return" Is An Incorrect Term. A Return To The Forms Of Religion Which Perhaps Existed A Couple Of Centuries Ago Is Absolutely Impossible. On The Contrary, In Order To Combat Modern Materialistic Mores, As Religion Must, To Fight Nihilism And Egotism, Religion Must Also Develop, Must Be Flexible In Its Forms, And It Must Have A Correlation With The Cultural Forms Of The Epoch.