Without any censorship, in the West fashionable trends of thought and ideas are carefully separated from those which are not fashionable; nothing is forbidden, but what is not fashionable will hardly ever find its way into periodicals or books or be heard in colleges. Legally your researchers are free, but they are conditioned by the fashion of the day.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynIf so far we have been unable to see clearly or to reflect the eternal lineaments of truth, is it not because we too are still moving towards some end-because we are still alive?
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynWe do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynIf you wanted to put the world to rights, who should you begin with: yourself or others?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn