Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Live not by lies. Lessons from the Gulag, exile, and one man's war on falsehood. Solzhenitsyn quotes & ideas. Fan account.

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"Socialism needs propaganda because reality always ends up contradicting it."

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“Communism has killed more souls than bodies, because its first victim is the truth.”

- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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“Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.”

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“Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”

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“The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.”

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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

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Resilience is the key to overcoming adversity.

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To love and be loved is the greatest blessing.

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To know oneself is to know the universe.

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

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Everything flows and nothing stays.

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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The power of imagination knows no bounds.

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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

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Know thyself.

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Forgiveness is the path to freedom.

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To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.

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Love is the light that guides us through darkness.