Alexander Solzhenitsyn

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

"A man who is not afraid is not normal. He is either a madman or a saint."

"If only it were so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere committing evil deeds."

"The happiness of man is not made up of continual pleasures, but of continual progress."

"The more you own, the more it owns you."

"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food."

"There is no such thing as the West; there is only power."

"The purpose of literature is to explore the depths of human experience."

"We have been given a tongue with which we may praise the Creator."

"Even the smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."

"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved."

"Bless you prison for being the path to our enlightenment."

"Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work and exertion."

"Freedom is the ability to say two plus two make four."

"Our teachers are our past generations."

"The task of the dissident is not to solve the problem but to state it."

"A man without hope is not a man."

"The greater the state, the more wrong it is."

"If everyone is guilty, then no one is; the very concept of guilt loses all meaning."

"We are neither gods nor beasts; we are something in between."

"The primary principle of true teaching is to awaken the student's own processes."

"Bad things were happening, but it seemed like we didn't quite have the right words to describe them."

"Knowledge is the antidote to fear."

"For a state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny."

"The art of writing requires three elements: truth, passion, and discipline."

"Man has a responsibility to defend truth in his thoughts, words, and deeds."

"Nothing is more destructive than pride without humility."

"The human soul yearns for freedom; it cannot flourish in chains."

"We cannot escape our nature; we can only accept it and build upon it."

"The measure of a man is what he does when he has power."