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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.

Source: Peace and Violence, sct. 2, in Index, no. 4 (London, 1973; repr. in Solzhenitsyn: A Documentary Record, Trials in D?tente, ed. by Leopold Labedz, 1974).
-- Alexander Solzhenitsyn, (Dec 11 1918-2008), Russian novelist; He is well known for his books describing forced labor camps, e.g., One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, 1962.

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