Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make m

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes… we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions – especially selfish ones. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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