In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNMan has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.
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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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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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First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position.
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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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Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.
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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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It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
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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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When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.
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If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
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Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.
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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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