The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNLiterature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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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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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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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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How can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s cold?
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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 name of ‘reform’ simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of the national heritage.
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Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
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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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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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The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.
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If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
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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 state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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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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