Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

By refusing to accept an immutable higher power that surpasses us, we have filled the void with personal imperatives, and suddenly, our life has become eerie.

I'm not afraid to die 'one day', I'm afraid to die today.

Precipitation and shallowness are the chronic diseases of the century.

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

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

The person who is not internally prepared for violence is always weaker than the oppressor.

You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've taken everything, they're no longer in your power, they're free again.