“Know thyself!” There is nothing that so aids and assists the awakening of omniscience within us as insistent thoughts about one’s own transgressions, errors, mistakes. After the difficult cycles of such ponderings over many years, whenever I mentioned the heartlessness… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Three thousand six hundred and fifty-three days. The three extra days were for leap years.” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“To outsmart you they thought up work squads—but not squads like the ones outside the camps, where everyone is paid his separate wage. Everything… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“The corpses were hauled away on sledges or on carts, depending on the time of the year. Sometimes, for convenience, they used one box… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“There is a law in the Archipelago that those who have been treated the most harshly and who have withstood the most bravely, who… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Thanks to ideology, the twentieth century was fated to experience evildoing on a scale calculated in the millions. This cannot be denied, nor passed… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“You know, there was a time at the beginning of the 50's when this nuclear threat hung over the world, but the attitude of… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“He ate his supper without bread. A double helping and bread--that was going too far. The bread would do for tomorrow. The belly is… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers,… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“We forget everything. What we remember is not what actually happened, not history, but merely the hackneyed dotted line they have chosen to drive… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“You don't have to be very bright to carry a handbarrow. So the squad leader gave such work to people who'd been in positions… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press. — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
