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

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

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

Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to...

Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to...

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 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

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the...

For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the...

Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not oursleves lived through.

Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not oursleves lived through.

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...

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people....

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people....

For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why...

For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why...

A man is happy so long as he choose to be happy.

A man is happy so long as he choose to be happy.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.