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…

Quote by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Emotion Quotes, Mistakes Quotes, Selfishness Quotes, Truth Quotes

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity....

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity....

The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it

The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it

Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long...

Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long...

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and...

It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and...

The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art,...

The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art,...

The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come...

The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come...

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere...

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere...

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?

How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all

Happiness doesn't depend on the actual number of blessings we manage to scratch from life,...

Happiness doesn't depend on the actual number of blessings we manage to scratch from life,...

The one good thing about repeating your mistakes is that you know when to cringe

The one good thing about repeating your mistakes is that you know when to cringe

Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to...

Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to...

Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing...

Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing...

I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in...

I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in...

Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best.

Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best.

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation...

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation...