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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eyewash. Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eyewash.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: All classifications in this world lack sharp boundaries, and all transitions are gradual. All classifications in this world lack sharp boundaries, and all transitions are gradual.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Any country that is not careful can be seized. Any country that is not careful can be seized.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Work, he said, was a first-rate medicine for any illness. Work, he said, was a first-rate medicine for any illness.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: We never know beforehand how new posts or new work will change us. We never know beforehand how new posts or new work will change us.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The end of an unclouded day. Almost a happy one. Just one of the 3,653 days of his sentence, from bell to bell. The extra three were for leap years. The end of an unclouded day. Almost a happy one. Just one of the 3,653 days of his sentence, from bell to bell. The extra three were for leap years.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Live not by lies! Live not by lies!
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: It is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie! It is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie!
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Not all of me shall die. Not all of me shall die.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: We have ourselves to save. We have ourselves to save.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views. I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Only an extraordinary person can turn opportunity into reality. Only an extraordinary person can turn opportunity into reality.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: One should not ascribe the evil deeds of individual leaders or political regimes to an innate fault of the Russian people and their country. One should not ascribe the evil deeds of individual leaders or political regimes to an innate fault of the Russian people and their country.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere. There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: I have grown used to the fact that public repentance is the most unacceptable option for the modern politician. I have grown used to the fact that public repentance is the most unacceptable option for the modern politician.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being? If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: I have always had that inner drive, since my birth. And I have always devoted myself gladly to work - to work and to the struggle. I have always had that inner drive, since my birth. And I have always devoted myself gladly to work - to work and to the struggle.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars. In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: There is a law of time, a law of oblivion: glory to the dead; life to the living. There is a law of time, a law of oblivion: glory to the dead; life to the living.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: How can you expect a man who's warm to understand a man who's cold? How can you expect a man who's warm to understand a man who's cold?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: We didn't love freedom enough. We didn't love freedom enough.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: If you always look over your shoulder, how can you still remain human? If you always look over your shoulder, how can you still remain human?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Let all of us who shared the prison soup meet again in better times! Let all of us who shared the prison soup meet again in better times!
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: There is no point asserting and reasserting what the heart cannot believe. There is no point asserting and reasserting what the heart cannot believe.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Moscow was an enormous city, but there was nowhere to go in it. Moscow was an enormous city, but there was nowhere to go in it.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: A prisoner five years between the shafts never hurries. He knows that what comes next can only be worse. A prisoner five years between the shafts never hurries. He knows that what comes next can only be worse.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it. The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: But what can you say in a letter? But what can you say in a letter?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world. The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: It takes a fool to rush off to war! It takes a fool to rush off to war!
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The sole substitute for an experience we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature. The sole substitute for an experience we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: An engineer cannot participate in irrationality ... An engineer cannot participate in irrationality ...
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: To preserve his life, should a man pay everything that gives it color, scent and excitement? To preserve his life, should a man pay everything that gives it color, scent and excitement?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: One thing about women Yefrem had found out in his life: they cling. One thing about women Yefrem had found out in his life: they cling.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: A genius doesn't adjust his treatment of a theme to a tyrant's taste A genius doesn't adjust his treatment of a theme to a tyrant's taste
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: I am a frail vessel full of errors. I am a frail vessel full of errors.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later. If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: It's not the sea that drowns you-it's the puddle. It's not the sea that drowns you-it's the puddle.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Art isn't a matter of 'what' but of 'how'. Art isn't a matter of 'what' but of 'how'.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: But this became the first plan of his life to fail. God told him - apparently with the help of human hands - to depart from his ribcage. But this became the first plan of his life to fail. God told him - apparently with the help of human hands - to depart from his ribcage.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Why can't you understand? The stars fall down now and then. The gaps have to be filled. Why can't you understand? The stars fall down now and then. The gaps have to be filled.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Work is what horses die of Work is what horses die of
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The central government possesses no plan of finding the way out of this blind alley. The central government possesses no plan of finding the way out of this blind alley.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: A strong man never loses his head in defeat or despondency. A strong man never loses his head in defeat or despondency.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth. Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Such was a prisoner's life. Such was a prisoner's life.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear. The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: We have arrived at an intellectual chaos. We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: But nothing is all black in nature. But nothing is all black in nature.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: I am deeply convinced that God is present both in the lives of every person and also in the lives of entire nations. I am deeply convinced that God is present both in the lives of every person and also in the lives of entire nations.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: You can't know everything in the world. Whatever happens you'll die a fool. You can't know everything in the world. Whatever happens you'll die a fool.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Who will dare say he has defined art? Who will dare say he has defined art?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The less you speak, the more you will hear. The less you speak, the more you will hear.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: People who are at ease with their consciences always look happy. People who are at ease with their consciences always look happy.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: People can live through hardship, but from hard feelings they perish. People can live through hardship, but from hard feelings they perish.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: For me faith is the foundation and support of one's life. For me faith is the foundation and support of one's life.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: When you're young, you haven't the experience, when you're old you haven't the strength. When you're young, you haven't the experience, when you're old you haven't the strength.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow. The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: I dare hope that all the peoples who have lived through communism will understand that communism is to blame for the bitter pages of their history. I dare hope that all the peoples who have lived through communism will understand that communism is to blame for the bitter pages of their history.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: A forest doesn't weep over one tree. A forest doesn't weep over one tree.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand. Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice. The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: But we don't pray for that, I pray that I may do the will of God here. Give us this day ... But we don't pray for that, I pray that I may do the will of God here. Give us this day ...
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: It is a brave man who is the first to sit down during a standing ovation. It is a brave man who is the first to sit down during a standing ovation.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: She was wonderful, in spite of everything she was wonderful. She was wonderful, in spite of everything she was wonderful.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: He who knows how to be content will be content with little. He who knows how to be content will be content with little.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing. Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Only a magician can fix a head on a body, but any fool can lop it off. Only a magician can fix a head on a body, but any fool can lop it off.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: What a force is laughter. What a force is laughter.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: You don't have to be very bright to carry a handbarrow. So the squad leader gave such work to people who'd been in positions of authority. You don't have to be very bright to carry a handbarrow. So the squad leader gave such work to people who'd been in positions of authority.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: History is too slow for our life, for our hearts. History is too slow for our life, for our hearts.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Was it Gorky who said: If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered in vain, indeed you have lived in vain. Was it Gorky who said: If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered in vain, indeed you have lived in vain.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: To stand up for truth is nothing. For truth, you must sit in jail. To stand up for truth is nothing. For truth, you must sit in jail.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The "October Revolution" is a myth generated by the winners, the Bolsheviks, and swallowed whole by progressive circles in the West. The "October Revolution" is a myth generated by the winners, the Bolsheviks, and swallowed whole by progressive circles in the West.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Good or evil-you cannot build your life apart from this distinction. Good or evil-you cannot build your life apart from this distinction.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Should one point out that from ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end? Should one point out that from ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Human nature, if it changes at all, changes not much faster than the geological face of the earth. Human nature, if it changes at all, changes not much faster than the geological face of the earth.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: But it is human to be outraged by injustice, even to the point of courting destruction! But it is human to be outraged by injustice, even to the point of courting destruction!
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself. You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: When we feel that we are not sufficiently respected, we should ask ourselves whether we are living as we should. When we feel that we are not sufficiently respected, we should ask ourselves whether we are living as we should.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The one who pulls is the one they urge on. The one who pulls is the one they urge on.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Mourn if you must, but don't stop fighting. Mourn if you must, but don't stop fighting.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: It's only on a black day that you begin to have friends. It's only on a black day that you begin to have friends.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Any fool can bomb a train, but just try sorting out the mess. Any fool can bomb a train, but just try sorting out the mess.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Finally, he gave up trying to quiet her and lit a cigarette, the last resort of a man who finds himself in an intolerably stupid position. Finally, he gave up trying to quiet her and lit a cigarette, the last resort of a man who finds himself in an intolerably stupid position.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven. It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: On our crowded planet there are no longer any internal affairs! On our crowded planet there are no longer any internal affairs!
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm. When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Every human act can be disguised with a coating of gilt. Every human act can be disguised with a coating of gilt.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The battle line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man. The battle line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The price of cowardice will only be evil. We shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices. The price of cowardice will only be evil. We shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul. Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: There are defendants whom the judges are afraid of. There are defendants whom the judges are afraid of.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: You should rejoice that you're in prison. Here you have time to think about your soul. You should rejoice that you're in prison. Here you have time to think about your soul.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: A person who is not inwardly prepared for the use of violence against him is always weaker than the person committing the violence. There A person who is not inwardly prepared for the use of violence against him is always weaker than the person committing the violence. There
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The heart senses who is friend and who is no friend. The heart senses who is friend and who is no friend.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: The demands of internal growth are incomparably more important to us ... than the need for any external expansion of our power. The demands of internal growth are incomparably more important to us ... than the need for any external expansion of our power.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes: A poet cannot be a Party member ... without paying the price. A poet cannot be a Party member ... without paying the price.

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