Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNLiterature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience… from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.
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Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation’s heart, the excision of its memory.
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When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.
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It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed.
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Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.
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In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.
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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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The next war… may well bury Western civilization forever.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience… from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you – you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.
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It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
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Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.
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How can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s cold?
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