Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience… from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNViolence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
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You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again.
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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
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It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes… we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions – especially selfish ones.
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Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
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Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.
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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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Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.
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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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For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
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Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to Russia. We could use the word ‘modernity’ if we exclude Africa, and the Islamic world, and partially China.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
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