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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Between Every Every Man Evil Good Good And Evil Heart Man Runs Through

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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.

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Because Comfortable Course Difficult Easiest Emotions Insight Make Mistakes Most Our See Seek Selfish Too Truth Truth Is Us Where

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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.

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Communism Dead Dog Lion Living Many People Russia Still Us West While

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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.

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Always Bag Carry Countries Know Languages Memory Only Own People Travel You Your

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Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Concealed Lie Maintained Only Violence

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

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Become Category Country Just Lie Moral Our Pillar State

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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.

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Anywhere Anywhere Else Century Disease Diseases Else More Press Psychic Reflected Than 20Th Century

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Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Also Clearly Conscience Humanity Justice Own Personal Recognize Those Voice Who Whole

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

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Beings Central Even Human Human Beings Important Long Many Prolongs Situations Spiritual Well-Being Yield

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

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Beyond Everything Lead Name Realm Some Some Things Things Us Words

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Author

Born: December 11th, 1918

Died: August 3rd, 2008

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