The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart.Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power . . . a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Nowadays we don't think much of a man's love for an animal we laugh at people who are attached to cats. But if we stop loving animals, aren't we bound to stop loving humans too.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art, literature
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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