Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position.”

“Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.”

“You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.”

“The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.”

“The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.”

“There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.”

“How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?”