The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn artexperienceliterature Change image and share on social
Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn bagcarrycountry Change image and share on social
I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn communistlegallife share on social
Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn beingcentralhuman Change image and share on social
It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn defendhumanobligation Change image and share on social
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 apprenticeartistforce Change image and share on social
Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to Russia. We could use the word 'modernity' if we exclude Africa, and the Islamic world, and partially China. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn africachinaexclude Change image and share on social
Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 20thcenturydisease Change image and share on social
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn accordcomfortabledifficult share on social
Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn blowclockcurtain Change image and share on social
