There aren't a lot of things that are extraordinary about Putin, but his greed is truly extraordinary.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality.

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.