A forest doesn't weep over one tree. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn More Quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn More Quotes From Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn We always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn gulags chasing pay ... that maxim of Descartes: "Question everything!" Question everything! Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn maxims doubt With such global events looming over us like mountains, nay, like entire mountain ranges, it may seem incongruous and inappropriate to recall that the primary key to our being or non-being resides in each individual human heart, in the heart’s preference for specific good or evil. Yet this remains true even today, and it is, in fact, the most reliable key we have. The social theories that promised so much have demonstrated their bankruptcy, leaving us at a dead end. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn mountain-ranges keys heart That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn yield essentials would-be Anything too far out of tune with our attitude is lost, either in the ears themselves or somewhere beyond, but it is lost. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn tunes ears attitude ...skepticism can never provide firm ground under a man's feet. And perhaps, after all, we need firm ground. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn feet men needs Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn generations literature memories Gradually 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... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn party heart class Everyone is guilty of something or has something to conceal. All one has to do is look hard enough to find what it is. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn guilty enough looks Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn war peace lying One world, one mankind cannot exist in the face of six, four or even two scales of values: We shall be torn apart by this disparity of rhythm, this disparity of vibrations. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn torn-apart wisdom two The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ungrateful favors past You know the words from the Bible: 'Build not on sand, but on rock....' Tyrant leaders respect only firmness...and laugh at persons who give in to them. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn tyrants rocks war Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn deprived power When you're young, you haven't the experience, when you're old you haven't the strength. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn old-you aging young Good or evil-you cannot build your life apart from this distinction. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn distinction evil Vladimir Putin inherited a ransacked and bewildered country, with a poor and demoralized people. And he started to do what was possible - a slow and gradual restoration. These efforts were not noticed, nor appreciated, immediately. In any case, one is hard pressed to find examples in history when steps by one country to restore its strength were met favorably by other governments. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn effort country people Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn war peace mean Just as King Midas turned everything to gold, Stalin turned everything to mediocrity. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn mediocrity gold kings Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn yield spiritual long
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