There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNOwn 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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A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.
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I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever.
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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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The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.
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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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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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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
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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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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 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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Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
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Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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