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ikbenchristen: The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -

BENSOLTD1527471: It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power so that a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and no one can stop him.,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,happiness,

samw64589: The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,courage, honesty, truth, truth-telling,

geurinkt: “The line between good and evil runs not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart.” ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Dr_Geophysics: "The world is being inundated by the brazen conviction that power can do anything, and justice nothing." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

overitall69: “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

JOttoPohl1: Maybe this applies somewhat to the internet. But, historically the very smartest people in the world such as the math genius Igor Shafarevich and Noble Literature Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn have been accused of being anti-semites despite having close Jewish friends.

CKellyUAP: “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” - Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

DougMonroe17: "The world is being inundated by the brazen conviction that power can do anything, and justice nothing." -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

ahf77118198: "The world is being inundated by the brazen conviction that power can do anything, and justice nothing." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

justphiltrading: "The world is being inundated by the brazen conviction that power can do anything, and justice nothing." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

TheSimonEvans: “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” Attributed to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

tkdylan: “Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

StonecutterDan: The simple act of an ordinary brave man is not to participate in lies, not to support false actions! His rule: Let that come into the world, let it even reign supreme - only not through me. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

gino_beatz: "The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

swirlgal01: 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 thousand fold in the future. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

swirlgal01: When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

warrior50261765: The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

BigApplePhoenix: "In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State." ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn As they say, history rhymes.

TariqApollo: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, author of the Gulag Archipelago, spent over 20 years in Vermont after being expelled from the USSR in 1974. In all that time, Solzhenitsyn never learned to speak fluent English. Strangely, Solzhenitsyn did know how to read English literature!

AscensionSteve: Putin wanted 'cleansing' of Ukraine, leaked spy documents claim

Taliilee31: "His one joy would be to go and lie at her feet like a dog, like a miserable beaten cur, to lie on the floor and breathe on her feet like a cur. That would be a happiness greater than anything he could imagine." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Cancer Ward.

sentence58: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Imprisoned in 1945 for mocking Stalin (not by name) in private letters, sentenced under Article 58 for being a counterrevolutionary. March 1943 young lieutenant vs March 1953 convict newly exiled

slobodan_ukic: Historic Photographs Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, pictured in the Soviet Gulag, 1950s

V1CT0R1OU5: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn a well respected adversary to communism knows its root is j*daism.

aqsazainaab: “Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

John_theTripper: “It's an universal law intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.” Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

DrGaryNGoodman: …through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 2/2

__They__Lie__: "We know they are lying They know they are lying They know we know they are lying, We know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” – Attributed to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

Cutoffatheknees: “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

RedlandsTParty: “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Tucker: This is infuriating

PurgeBot2: The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles. -Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

AuthorNobles: “Only voluntary, inspired self-restraint can raise man above the world stream of materialism.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

JeffGreenlee18: "We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie." — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

UncleNestor22: “(T)he line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart...” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1918-2008

williechunderan: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "But do we really have to wait for the moment when the knife is at our throat? Couldn't it be possible, ahead of time, to assess soberly the worldwide menace that threatens to swallow the whole world?"

lawtoshi: “The simple act of an ordinary courageous man is not to take part, not to support lies! … Writers and artists can do more: they can vanquish lies! … Lies can stand up against much in the world, but not against art.” —Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

GreatBooksofth2: "If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

calvert_76: Interesting quote from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

moicthestoic: 8 Deeply inspiring quotes by "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn". 1.

DurhamWASP: "You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

ikbenchristen: The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -

viledeity_: We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward. -Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

GreatBooksofth2: “Education doesn't make you smarter.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

hall_radclyffe: 2/ human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 God help all these bast….ds

NotGaslit: The world is being inundated by the brazen conviction that power can do anything, justice nothing. -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

GreatBooksofth2: 6. One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world. -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

KyJi_Delulu: “Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.”- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, ‘The Gulag Archipelago’. KYJI HERE TWOstay

jerryzz2: 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 thousand fold in the future. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn,

MEWH: “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” – Attributed to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

HMProA: "Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a man with a career." ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

LanceEinerson: “The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Like it or not your capacity for good is matched 1:1 to your capacity for evil.

BillSchell5: Vladimir Putin inherited a ransacked and bewildered country .... And he started ... a slow and gradual restoration...One is hard pressed to find examples in history when steps by one country to restore its strength were met favorably by other governments. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

ruffydfire: The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a must read

iXerrorXi: “A single person who stops lying can bring down a tyranny” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

PeterSwanman: I’m currently reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s masterpiece: The Gulag Archipelago. 2000 Pages of outrage towards the murderous Bolshevik government under Stalin. Chocking how the pattern of then, correspond to the patterns of the woke-left.

theorthodoxview: Human beings are born with different capacities, if they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free. -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

GrizzlyNonna: “We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know that they are lying. We know that they know that we know that they know they are lying. And still . . . they continue to lie.” —ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN

micrumney1: 4 of 5 stars to One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Nazifpour: 5 of 5 stars to Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

SarcasmLiving: “It’s a universal law– intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

minosoar: ‘The line separating good and evil passes, not through states, nor through classes, nor between political parties... but right through every human heart – and through all human hearts.’ - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1Sychronicity: Review on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's 'One Day in the Live of Ivan Denisovich,' a comment soon.

UncleNestor22: ...the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation....We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

DiegongBaeung: Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

PurgeBot2: The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles. - Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

XuhaibAhmad: "Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

williechunderan: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn “A decline in courage may be the most striking feature which an outside observer notices in the West in our days.”

writriverdale: >No Mein Kampf by Hitler >No Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail >No Protocols of the Elders of Zion >No Two Hundred Years Together by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn >No the Jews by Hilarie Belloc

farhatsid10: “Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

calmtree2024: “Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty. ” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Gulag Archipelago power ᐧ cruelty ᐧ government ᐧ being ruled

WezG: 4 of 5 stars to One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

ATIENOALIC4171: 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.,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,Truth, Mistakes, Selfish ,

Richard83547647: “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

coop1031: “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” – Attributed to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

odang29548: Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,communism, freedom, power,

coop1031: “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” – Attributed to Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

samuelstone: “One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.” ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Honesty can be so powerful? What do you think?

pjcolbeck: “We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know that they are lying. We know that they know that we know that they know they are lying. And still . . . they continue to lie. —ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN”

mach66368126: And we, from the whole of our life experience there, have concluded that there is only one way to withstand violence: with firmness.,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Warning to the West,resistance, soviet-union, violence,

timothygatimu13: Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory.,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,Heart, Memory, Short ,

1Sychronicity: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. A a young boy of 16, I read 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.' And I wanted to be a writer, telling experiences of truth. Life is unpredictable. Followed different paths. Russians have gone through so much suffering at the hands of others. Back off!

NotGaslit: The world is being inundated by the brazen conviction that power can do anything, justice nothing. -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

exspywriting: “We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” – Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, USSR dissident. Most Western Ukraine War coverage.

AuthorNobles: "We didn't love freedom enough.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

DaveWal54278385: Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Koestghost: "Wherever the law is, crime can be found." (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -- "The Gulag Archipelago", vol. I, p. 67)

realAMT007: M.K. Gandhi Nelson Mandela Martin L. King Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Donald J. Trump MAN against MACHINE

FormerFeds: When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

AuthorNobles: “Truth eludes us if we do not concentrate with total attention on its pursuit.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

AuthorNobles: “Violence finds its only refuge in falsehood, falsehood its only support in violence.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

b_garciaVI: “I believe that you personally were not guilty of anything. But, as an educated person, you have to understand that social prophylaxis was being widely applied!” Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1] (p. 42). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.

TradDrav: Ivan Ilyin (1883-1954) is the philosopher who has influenced Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Vladimir Putin. Unsurprisingly, Putin arranged for return of Ilyin’s body to Russia from Switzerland, and his work has been placed on defacto reading list of United Russia party members (11/n)

omb13868: We always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,idolatry, materialism,

FormerFeds: 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 as we are made to believe, but the maturity of the human soul. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

TempletonPrize: Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was awarded the 1983 Templeton Prize for being “a pioneer in the renaissance of religion in atheistic nations.” Learn more about Solzhenitsyn's profound spirituality and legacy here:

williechunderan: either one goes to college or gets an education. Phony disciplines like economics and sociology are the pits. “The social theories that promised so much have demonstrated their bankruptcy, leaving us at a dead end.” ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

SaidDir46908478: The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in the development of the soul.,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Cancer Ward,philosophy,

JosephSciambra: "Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

ikhide: A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn



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