Should one point out that from ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end?

One drop of truth can outweigh an ocean of lies

The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.

A great disaster had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.

There is no point asserting and reasserting what the heart cannot believe.

With such global events looming over us like mountains, nay, like entire mountain ranges, it may seem incongruous and inappropriate to recall that the primary key to our being or non-being resides in each individual human heart, in the heart’s preference for specific good or evil. Yet this remains true even today, and it is, in fact, the most reliable key we have. The social theories that promised so much have demonstrated their bankruptcy, leaving us at a dead end.

The secret is that when you've been pitched head first into hell you just write about it