“The images of men's wit and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the worry of time and capable of perpetual renovation.”

“Man's real genius and knowledge remains preserved in books”

“A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief -- as well as injustice -- to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning.”

“-How long do you want these messages to remain secret?[...]+I want them to remain secret for as long as men are capable of evil.”

“The USSR, which they'd begun to renovate and improve atabout the time when Tatarsky decided to change his profession, improved somuch that it ceased to exist (if a state is capable of entering nirvana,that's what must have happened in this case)”

“Peace does not dwell in outward things but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not an exemption from, suffering.”