Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn More Quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn More Quotes From Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn If state, party and social policy will not be based on morality, then mankind has no future to speak of. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn moralitypartyspeak It is almost always impossible to evaluate at the time events which you have already experienced, and to understand their meaning with the guidance of their effects. All the more unpredictable and surprising to us will be the course of future events. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn eventsguidanceimpossible One can build the Empire State Building, discipline the Prussian army, make a state hierarchy mightier than God, yet fail to overcome the unaccountable superiority of certain human beings. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn disciplinegreatnessarmy One word of truth outweighs the whole world. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ethicshonestyworld Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn generosityartisttwo I cannot suggest political ways out, that is the task of politicians, so it is simply that those who accuse me of this do not know how to read. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn politicaltasksway A whole week, a single campaign, a month, a week, even a day was far more than enough to cut a company or platoon to ribbons or cripple a man for life: it needed only a quarter of an hour. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn cuttingmenwar Any fool can bomb a train, but just try sorting out the mess. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn sorting-outtryingwar Even if we are spared destruction by war, our lives will have to change if we want to save life from self-destruction. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn selfwarpeace It takes a fool to rush off to war! Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn foolwar The one who pulls is the one they urge on. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn willingnessurges Only a magician can fix a head on a body, but any fool can lop it off. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn foolbodywar If you live in a graveyard, you can't weep for everyone. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn graveyardifs Macbeth's self-justifications were feeble - and his conscience devoured him. Yes, even Iago was a little lamb too. The imagination and the spiritual strength of Shakespeare's evildoers stopped short at a dozen corpses. Because they had no ideology. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn imaginationselfspiritual There is no point asserting and reasserting what the heart cannot believe. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn no-pointheartbelieve The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn buildingcommunismtrying We didn't love freedom enough. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn love-freedomenough In our country they do not permit any information to be X-rayed through and through, nor any discussion to encompass all the facets of a subject. All this is invariably suppressed at the very beginning, so no ray of light should fall on the naked body of truth. And then all this is piled up in one formless heap covering many years, where it languishes for whole decades, until all interest and all means of sorting out the rusty blocks from all this trash are lost. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn blockcountryfall Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society . . . loses the confidence of its own people, and its published works are used as wastepaper instead of being read. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn painliteraturepeople It's quite enough to show a well-beaten dog the whip. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn punishmentenoughdog
