Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good... Ideology - that is what gives devildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination. That is the social theory which helps to make his acts seem good instead of bad in his own and others' eyes, so that he won't hear reproaches and curses but will receive praise and honors.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Determination, Believe, Eye

• It's true that private enterprise is extremely flexible, But its only good within very narrow limits. If private enterprise isn't held in an iron grip it gives birth to people who are no better than beasts, those stock-exchange people with greedy appetites beyond restraint.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Iron, People, Giving

• Lord, give me the strength to accomplish what You've given me to do and the faith to trust You that what I haven't been able to accomplish You've already assigned to someone else.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Giving, Able, Give Me Strength

• You know the words from the Bible: 'Build not on sand, but on rock....' Tyrant leaders respect only firmness...and laugh at persons who give in to them.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  War, Rocks, Tyrants

• We are all human, and our senses are quicker to prompt us than our reason. Every man gives off a scent, and that scent tells you how to act before your head does.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Men, Giving, Doe

• You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Freedom, Long, Giving

• Ideology - that is what gives evildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the neccessary steadfastness and determination... Thanks to ideology, the twentieth century was fated to experience evildoing on a scale calculated in the millions.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Determination, Long, Giving

• I think the gap between the rich and the poor is a dangerous phenomenon in Russia and it needs the attention of the state. The only reasonable way to correct the situation today is not to go after big businesses, but to give breathing room to medium and small businesses. That means protecting citizens and small entrepreneurs from arbitrary rule and from corruption. It means investing the revenues from the national natural resources into the national infrastructure, education and health care. And we must learn to do so without shameful theft and embezzlement.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Mean, Thinking, Giving

• And keep as few things as possible, so that you don't have to fear for them. Give them up without a struggle-because otherwise the humiliation will poison your heart. They will take them away from you in a fight, and trying to hold onto your property will only leave you with a bloodied mouth ... But by owning things and trembling about their fate aren't you forfeiting the rare opportunity of observing and understanding?

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Struggle, Heart, Fighting

• To preserve his life, should a man pay everything that gives it color, scent and excitement?

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Men, Color, Giving

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1991). “Cancer Ward: A Novel”, p.360, Macmillan

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