49 ordspråk av Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.
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One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.
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One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.
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Our envy of others devours us most of all
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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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Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them
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Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them
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Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art, literature
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The revolution is an amalgam of former Party functionaries, quasi- democrats, KGB officers, and black-market wheeler-dealers, who are standing in power now and have represented a dirty hybrid unseen in world history
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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all
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The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all
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The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.
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The task must be to banish from mankind's thought the idea that anybody has the right to use force against righteousness, against justice, against mutual agreements
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