If only it were all so simple! 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. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago is that kind of book. It could be about any and every one of us.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A great disaster had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In prison, both in solitary confinement and outside solitary too, a human being confronts his grief alone—and, in the process, discovers the capacity to survive.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Human beings are inclined to seek power; and those not inclined to seek power are doomed to be ruled by others.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
You can 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.Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn