The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNFirst would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position.
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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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If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
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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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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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It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
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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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Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God.
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Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
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It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God’s heaven.
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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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Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
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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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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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Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.
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