We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNFor us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
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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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Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one’s well-being.
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Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.
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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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In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.
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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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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
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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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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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Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
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The name of ‘reform’ simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of the national heritage.
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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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A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.
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