This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how big the next addition will be, or where it will be put. At any point, I can call the book finished or unfinished.

Quote by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn

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For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from...

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from...

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This...

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This...

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so...

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so...

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

When our vices quit us, we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke,...

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

When belief in a god dies, the god dies

When belief in a god dies, the god dies

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only...

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only...

Surely they who believe and do good deeds and keep up prayer and pay the...

Surely they who believe and do good deeds and keep up prayer and pay the...

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse

Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

A nation can assume that the addition of the words under God to its pledge...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.