Of course, my views developed in the course of time. But I have always believed in what I did and never acted against my conscience. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn More Quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn More Quotes From Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn A man used to riding in a car cannot understand a pedestrian. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn car understanding men Surely people should eventually cease to be surprised at anything? And yet they continue to be. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn cease should people ... once you get up steam, you are carried helplessly along. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn steam inertia get-up A day without a dark cloud. Almost a happy day. There were three thousand six hundred and fifty-three days like that in his stretch. From the first clang of the rail to the last clang of the rail. Three thousand six hundred and fifty-three days. The three extra days were for leap years. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dark clouds years ... We brush aside all scales not our own, as if they were follies or delusions. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn brushes scales judgment 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. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn evil law believe I think the gap between the rich and the poor is a dangerous phenomenon in Russia and it needs the attention of the state. The only reasonable way to correct the situation today is not to go after big businesses, but to give breathing room to medium and small businesses. That means protecting citizens and small entrepreneurs from arbitrary rule and from corruption. It means investing the revenues from the national natural resources into the national infrastructure, education and health care. And we must learn to do so without shameful theft and embezzlement. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn giving mean thinking You get no thanks from your belly-it always forgets what you've just done for it and comes begging again the next day. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn thanks next-day done A horrible human toll the Russian Orthodox Church suffered throughout almost the entire 20th century. The Church is just rising from its knees. Our young post-Soviet state is just learning to respect the Church as an independent institution. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn horrible independent church Still, everybody wants to eat. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn hunger stills want Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reform government real The fewer limitations the artist imposes on his work, the less chance he has for artistic success. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn fewer chance artist The central government possesses no plan of finding the way out of this blind alley. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn government blind way The secret is that when you've been pitched head first into hell you just write about it Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn secret writing firsts I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn hygiene education forever Human beings are better and lazier than their rules and instructions. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn human-nature humans instruction In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn stars moon beautiful An opposition is necessary and desirable for the healthy development of any country. You can scarcely find anyone in opposition, except for the communists, just like in Yeltsin's times. It is regrettable that there is still no constructive, clear and large-scale opposition in Russia. The growth and development of an opposition, as well as the maturing of other democratic institutions, will take more time and experience. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn growth healthy country Justness exists, even if few people exist who feel it. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ifs feels people A fish does not campaign against fisheries-it only tries to slip through the mesh. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn survival doe trying
