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.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNThe battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.
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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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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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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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Own 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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It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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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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There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.
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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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In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.
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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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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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