Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNWe have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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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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The name of ‘reform’ simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of the national heritage.
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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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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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Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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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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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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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 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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How can you expect a man who’s warm to understand one who’s cold?
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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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When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.
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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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