Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience… from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNOf course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God.
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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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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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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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The 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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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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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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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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Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.
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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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How can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s cold?
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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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Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.
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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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