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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
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__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".
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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
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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