Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNHow can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s cold?
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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
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For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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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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In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.
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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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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either.
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Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
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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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Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.
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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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Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience… from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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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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How can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s cold?
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