Anything too far out of tune with our attitude is lost, either in the ears themselves or somewhere beyond, but it is lost.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynHuman nature, if it changes at all, changes not much faster than the geological face of the earth.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAny man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe 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. 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