aleksandr solzhenitsyn

“ A man whos in a hurry wont live to see the end of his stretch he'll tire and soon be done for. ”

“ The great truth for Innokenty used to be that we are given only one life. Now, with the new feeling that had ripened in him, he became aware of another law: that we are given only one conscience, too. ”

“ Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free. ”

“ The belly is a demon. It doesnt remember how well you treated it yesterday; it'll cry out for more tomorrow. ”

“ The human race broke away from the animal world through thought and speech. It is natural that these should be free. And if they are shackledwe return to our animal state. ”

“ Every man always has handy a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself. ”

“ We always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap. ”

“ Work, he said, was a first-rate medicine for any illness. ”

“ Patriotism is an integral and persistent feeling of love for ones homeland, with a willingness to make sacrifices for her, to share her troubles, but not to serve her unquestioningly, not to support her unjust claims, rather, to frankly assess her faults, her transgressions, and to repent for these. ”

“ The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul. ”