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.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNIn our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.
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Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
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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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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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If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
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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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Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.
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When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.
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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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How can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s cold?
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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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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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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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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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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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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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