"The path of a cosmonaut is not an easy, triumphant march to glory. You have to get to know the meaning not just of joy but also of grief, before being allowed in the spacecraft cabin."

"I could have gone on flying through space forever."

"The main thing about space is that it is not dark. It is light, just not like on Earth."

"Space flights can't be stopped. This isn't the work of any one man or even a group of men. It is a historical process which mankind is carrying out in accordance with the natural laws of human develop…"

"I hope that my flight will help people to understand that we are all on one planet, and we should live in peace."