Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

Quote by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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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

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.

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

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...

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,...

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

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 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

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art...

The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art...

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...

Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the...

Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the...

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....

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...