I have realized that the past and the future are real illusions, that they exist only in the present, which is what there is and all that there is.
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
― The Go-Between
― The Go-Between
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
― I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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