Never been a communist, but I was always convinced that a society can be built upon the vision of tomorrow and the development of human spirituality. I still believe that now as well.
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When they suggested I should become a member of the party, I said that I believe in God while the party needed anti-christs.
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I have worked in the Foreign Ministry, the Starshel newspaper, the Satiric Theatre, the Plamak magazine and…I was always fired.
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The experience I gathered through the years is priceless, but quite bitter too. Back then I could have emigrated, but what I have written here, I could have never been able to write in the West.
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In general, politics had never provoked my interest. I have been involved in literature only, but I have always known that Stalinism is not socialism.
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Without being an extreme optimist, I think that the world is headed towards one cultural communion where the nationalistic ambitions will fade. In a distant future of within one century we could be playing an important role in unifying the two great cultures – Islamic and Christian. Provided, of course, there is no war.
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War is beside us. The 2nd law of thermodynamics states that every organized system dissolves into chaos. This is an absolute law. It is called entropy. It is an entity which shows what degree an organized system has reached on its way to chaos. Each organism however elaborates systems for slowing down and stopping entropy. In the end, the entropy would eventually win unless the human mind can withstand it.
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Dictatorships stop the entropies, but they also stop life.
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In the past, there were two laws the people obeyed: the God’s law and the law of the society. Since we no longer believe or fear of the law of God, what could possibly make us obey the social laws?
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So far, the globe was balanced by polarization. The two world powers were maintaining equilibrium. Now it has been breached and I am much afraid of a total 21st century war.
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Afterwards, we may need to be re-creating ourselves.
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There is salvation and it has been revealed in the New Testament. However, no one seems to pay attention. This is love.
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Everybody must give a part of their ego(ism) for the benefit of others.
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The famous American violinist Yehudi Menuhin gave up on his abundance of cars and is now riding a bicycle.
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Some wealthy Swiss friends of mine even discontinued using electricity. They use wood for heating, which they gather from the forest themselves.
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Diogenes was drinking water from a gourd. Once he met a kid at the fountain. The child was drinking water from his palm. Without hesitation, the philosopher threw away the gourd, realizing he simply doesn’t need it.
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The modern man is a slave of his possessions, alas not to freedom.
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How unfortunate are our members of parliament – can’t afford to let it disband and lose their overwhelming salaries.
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Plato said that men of arts should never be in charge. They were emotional. I have a lot of acquaintances which were changed beyond belief by the given power.
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Not only are the poor susceptible to corruption. Take the Italian moneybags for instance…
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Sooner or later, that day will come when the power and authority will no longer be means of getting rich, but rather an effective service in the name of the people.
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In ancient Greek “a minister” means a person who rows with paddles in the same direction of the course.
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In my last play “The Night of the Villain Varava” I wanted to say that we are so uncalled-for evil.
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Without being villains, we are in no less need of repentance.
