Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNThe clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble.
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I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either.
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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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Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.
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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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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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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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The next war… may well bury Western civilization forever.
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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
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First 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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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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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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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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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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