Author of quotes: Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Over the century the only time the West has gathered forces to fight against Hitler. But the fruits of a long time confused. Against cannibals in this godless century found anesthetic: with the ogres need to trade. This is today's bump our wisdom.
Today, the world has reached the brink that if you would draw before the previous centuries - all would have gasped in one voice: ""the Apocalypse!"
But we got used to it, even settled down in it.

Heard Alyosha, Shukhov aloud how God praised, and turned around.
- Here, Ivan Denisovich, your soul-then your asking to pray to God. Why are you she will not give, huh?
- Because Alyosha that the prayers of those statements, or do not reach or "complaint denied".

Rejoice if unlimited freedom of speech on the other day after someone will throw the current regime? what spaces will be tomorrow fluttering free thought? Even not change their minds prudently: and how to make a house for this idea? Will there be a roof over your head? (And the stores are not tampered with butter?)

Repentance is the first correct span under the foot, from which you can only move forward not further hatred, and to consent. Only repentance can begin and spiritual growth. Each individual. And every trend of social thought.

I see with alarm that the awakening Russian national consciousness in much of the proportion of its can not get rid prostranstvennogo of thinking, from the Imperial intoxication, took over from the Communists never existed phony "Soviet patriotism" and is proud of the "great Soviet power", which in the era of Lenin, the second [Leonid Brezhnev] only izgledala the last performance of our decades in the vast and useless (and now empty, destroy) weapons, disgraced us, introduced the entire planet as a fierce, greedy, an immense invader - when our knees are already shaking we are about to fall from impotence. This is a harmful distortion of our consciousness: "but a big country, with us all considered to be" is already in our dying, the whole-hearted support of communism.

The goal of the Empire and the moral health of the people is incompatible.

By a curious prediction of the D. S. Likhachev literature will evolve so that the major writers will come less and less, but every next - all the more damaging size. Oh, to live up to next!

Art roleplay even zaholozhennye, darkened soul to a high spiritual experience. Through art we are sometimes sent, dimly, briefly, - such revelations, what is not to develop rational thinking.

In our Soviet life, holidays are rare, and in my own - and I don't recall that the concept of such States, except on the day of the 50th anniversary, and never on Sundays or holidays, no pointless day.

In the camp when I was, I even wrote on stone masonry. I'm on a piece of paper, wrote with a pencil, then the contents will memorize and destroy the paper.

Germany - I loved. Probably because in the childhood pleasure has taught German language and German poetry by heart, and spend the summer months reading is a collection of German folklore, "Nibelungen", the Schiller, and looked at Goethe. In the war? - for a minute I didn't connect Hitler with the traditional Germany, and the Germans in the hot battle of the week felt only excitement - precisely and quickly pinpoint their batteries, the passion, but no hatred, at the sight of German prisoners, only compassion.

My children and youth formation was accompanied by Schiller and Goethe. Later I experienced the fascination with Schelling. And for me, precious great German music. I can't imagine my life without Bach, Beethoven, and Schubert.

And dogs barked, and the ravens have agrali. Well, what, what about the snout, I have not judged?

Vulgarity - a favorite weapon of meanness when she is not available direct violence.