Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Own only what...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Own only what...

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature transmits incontrovertible...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature transmits incontrovertible...

Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience . . . from generation to generation. In this way literature...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Generosity is a...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Generosity is a...

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: It is not...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: It is not...

It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A great writer...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A great writer...

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Blow the dust...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Blow the dust...

Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Not everything has...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Not everything has...

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The salvation of...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The salvation of...

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Human beings yield...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Human beings yield...

Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: I am of...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: I am of...

I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances -- from my grave even more...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature that is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature that is...

Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The line separating...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The line separating...

The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either -- but right through...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A man is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A man is...

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Everything you add...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Everything you add...

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: You only have...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: You only have...

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...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: It is the...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: It is the...

It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Justice is conscience,...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Justice is conscience,...

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: In our country...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: In our country...

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Hastiness and superficiality...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Hastiness and superficiality...

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Woe to that...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Woe to that...

Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with...

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