Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Their teacher had...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Their teacher had...

Their teacher had advised them not to read Tolstoy novels, because they were very long and would easily confuse the...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Talent is always...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Talent is always...

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The sole substitute...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The sole substitute...

The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: It is not...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: It is not...

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes . . . . we make mistakes because the easiest...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: For a country...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: For a country...

For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no r?gime has ever loved great...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature becomes the...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature becomes the...

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

Source: Speech, 1972.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Forget the outside...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Forget the outside...

Forget the outside world. Life has different laws in here. This is Campland, an invisible country. It's not in the...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: When truth is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: When truth is...

When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of it attractiveness.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Nowadays we don't...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Nowadays we don't...

Nowadays we don't think much of a man's love for an animal; we laugh at people who are attached to cats. But if we...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: No one can...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: No one can...

No one can bar the road to truth, and to advance its cause I am prepared to accept even death. But may it be that...

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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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