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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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Here again we witness the single outcome of a worldwide process, with East and West yielding the same results, and once again for the same reason: Men have forgotten God.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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The heart senses who is friend and who is no friend.
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Good or evil-you cannot build your life apart from this distinction.
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It makes me happier, more secure, to think that I do not have to plan and manage everything for myself, that I am only a sword made sharp to smite the unclean forces, an enchanted sword to cleave and disperse them. Grant, O Lord, that I may not break as I strike! Let me not fall from Thy hand!
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... people don't know what they are striving for. They waste themselves in senseless thrashing around for the sake of a handful of goods and die without realizing their spiritual wealth.
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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.
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A strong man never loses his head in defeat or despondency.
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... mutual lack of understanding carries the threat of imminent and violent destruction.
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A forest doesn't weep over one tree.
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I am deeply convinced that God is present both in the lives of every person and also in the lives of entire nations.
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To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good, or else that it's a well-considered act in conformity with natural law. Fortunately, it is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions.
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Who will dare say he has defined art?
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All classifications in this world lack sharp boundaries, and all transitions are gradual.
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It's quite enough to show a well-beaten dog the whip.
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The solemn pledge to abstain from telling the truth was called socialist realism.
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When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm.
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Not death itself, but only the moral preparation for it, holds terrors.
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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.
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We should clearly understand that only the voluntary and conscientious acceptance by a people of its guilt can ensure the healing of a nation. Unremitting reproaches from outside are counterproductive.
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