The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.

The most successful societies are those that have been able to balance the need for a strong state with the need for individual freedom.

The strictness of Russian laws is softened by the non-obligatory nature of their execution.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

最伟大的领导者不一定是做最伟大事情的人，而是能让人们去做最伟大事情的人。

I'm not a king, I'm not a god, I'm just a man who's trying to make sense of the world.