The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
You only have power over people as long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again.
The meaning of earthly existence lies not in accumulating possessions, but in knowing and serving the worthiest.
A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy.
Our envy of others devours us most of all.
One word of truth outweighs the whole world.
If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.
To do evil, a human being must first of all believe that what he’s doing is good.
Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
The meaning of life is not in what happens to us, but in how we respond to it.
The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
You can solve most of the world’s problems if people simply do their duty.
Human beings are born with different capacities, if they are free, they are not equal. If they are equal, they are not free.
Everyone is guilty of something or has the propensity to be guilty of something.
The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes – Insightful Words from a Literary Giant part 2
The gulag was built on the basis of classification.
In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future.
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good.
Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity.
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes…we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions – especially selfish ones.
We can no longer rely on the fact that science will save us, that it is the only answer. Our entire civilization needs a fundamental shift in its values.
A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy.
Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there, lying upon the rotting prison straw, I came to realize that the object of life is not prosperity and well-being, as I had grown up believing, but the maturity of the human soul.
Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You can travel further with both shoes than you can with just one.
Live not by lies!
Don’t be ruled by assumptions, find the truth for yourself.
Happiness can only be found within yourself.
When an anecdote or maxim is repeatedly shared, it takes on the appearance of a fact.
The value of our existence stands not in what we possess, but in how we serve others.
The only way to make the world a better place is to improve ourselves first.
The most dangerous people are often the ones who believe they are doing good.
The pursuit of power corrupts the mind and destroys the soul.
We must never forget the atrocities committed in the name of ideology.
True freedom comes from living in truth, not in deceit.
The strength of a nation lies not in its military might, but in the righteousness of its people.
We are all capable of great good and great evil, it is our choices that define us.
The greatest threat to humanity is not external, but internal.
Do not let fear dictate your actions, but let love guide your path.
The most powerful weapon against oppression is the truth.
The only way to find true meaning in life is through suffering.
Do not be afraid to stand up for what is right, even if you stand alone.
War is not the solution, but only a magnifier of the problem.
We must learn from the mistakes of the past, lest we repeat them.
Hope is the fuel that keeps us moving forward, even in the darkest times.
Our words have the power to change the world, let us use them wisely.
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