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• Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
• The demands of internal growth are incomparably more important to us...than the need for any external expansion of our power.
• Even if we are spared destruction by war, our lives will have to change if we want to save life from self-destruction.
• ... direct [people] towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel…
• Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of…
• If you want to change the world, who do you begin with, yourself or others? I believe if we begin with ourselves…
• One word of truth outweighs the whole world.
• Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to do what is right.
• Let us not forget that violence does not live alone and is not capable of living alone: it is necessarily interwoven with…
• In the camp, this meant committing my verse-many thousands of lines-to memory. To help me with this I improvised decimal counting beads…
• I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances - from my grave even…
• Lord, give me the strength to accomplish what You've given me to do and the faith to trust You that what I…

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