A

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Explore inspiring quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, a remarkable figure whose words continue to inspire and motivate people around the world.

20

Total Quotes

15

Categories

1

Avg. Length

war

Top Category

Top Categories by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Discover the themes and topics this author explores most

experience

2 quotes

war

2 quotes

truth

2 quotes

government

2 quotes

religion

2 quotes

design

1 quotes

education

1 quotes

freedom

1 quotes

Featured Quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Some of the most memorable quotes from this author

"It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed."

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyndesign

"I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever."

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyneducation

"Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation."

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsynexperience

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

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsynexperience

"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 Solzhenitsynfailure

"Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory."

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsynfreedom

All Quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Browse all quotes from this author

"It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

designView Quote

"I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

educationView Quote

"Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

experienceView Quote

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

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

experienceView Quote

"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

failureView Quote

"Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

freedomView Quote

"It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"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

governmentView Quote

"Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

governmentView Quote

"I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

legalView Quote

"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."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

powerView Quote

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

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

religionView Quote

"Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

religionView Quote

"I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

societyView Quote

"Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

travelView Quote

"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

truthView Quote

"Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

truthView Quote

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

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever."

-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Other Authors to Explore

Explore more inspiring authors

View All Authors