"I'm not a citizen, I don't need citizenship papers, and I've never had patriotism in that sense for any country, but I'm a patriot to humanity as a whole. I'm a citizen of the world."

"You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down."

"The USSR is a brave new world that gave hope and aspiration to the common man. I hoped that the USSR would grow more glorious year by year. Now that the agony of birth is at an end, may the beauty of …"

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles."

"The human heart is a strange vessel. It has room for everything, and yet it is so easily broken."