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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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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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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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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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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There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.
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You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again.
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Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation’s heart, the excision of its memory.
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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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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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A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.
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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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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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Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to Russia. We could use the word ‘modernity’ if we exclude Africa, and the Islamic world, and partially China.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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