Our envy of others devours us most of all.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynNot everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words…By means of art were are sometimes sent - dimly, briefly - revelations unattainable by reason.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynDo not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynPride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynGradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThere is no point asserting and reasserting what the heart cannot believe.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynA state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynIf one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynTags: courage resistance 1949 innokenty-volodin
A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynShukhov ate his supper without bread--a double portion and bread on top of it would be too rich. So he'd save the bread. You get no thanks from your belly--it always forgets what you've just done for it and comes begging again the next day.
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