Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNThe name of ‘reform’ simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of the national heritage.
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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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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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Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation’s heart, the excision of its memory.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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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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Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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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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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.
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Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.
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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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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, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
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The next war… may well bury Western civilization forever.
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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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