#the gulag archipelago

[drilpencils]

#aleksandr solzhenitsyn #the gulag archipelago #the public drilbrary

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

(Art: Photograph by Suzie Sparkle)

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In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.

~Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

(Book: The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956)

#Suzie Sparkle #The Gulag Archipelago #Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn #good and evil #evil #quotes

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.”

-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, “The Gulag Archipelago”

#Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn #The Gulag Archipelago #unlimited power #corruption #cruelty #religion is a mental illness

[infinitysisters]

“It was granted me to carry away from my prison years on my bent back, which nearly broke beneath its load, this essential experience: how a human being becomes evil and how good.

In the intoxication of youthful successes I had felt myself to be infallible, and I was therefore cruel. In the abundance of power I was a murderer, and an oppressor.

In my most evil moments I was convinced that I was doing good, and I was well supplied with systematic arguments. And it was only when I lay there on rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good.

Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either—but right through every human heart—and through all human hearts.

This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained. And even in the best of all hearts, there remains . . . an unuprooted small corner of evil.”

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago

#aleksandr solzhenitsyn #wow #truth #deep words #core #real humans #reality #good and evil #the heart #right through you #soul words #great books #the gulag archipelago

[thepursuitofunderstanding]

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?

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn #quotes #literature #general #philosophy #life #wisdom #good #evil #the gulag archipelago

[pwlanier]

Semyon Agroskin

Two figures, 2013

oil on canvas

Vladey

#contemporary russian and ukrainian art #russian realism #the gulag archipelago #political prisoners

[herukapadmajungiansworld]

#refusers #russian soldiers refusing to fight #board of shame #soviet creation #thousands of russian soldiers refuse to fight #the gulag archipelago #totalitarian tactic #russia totalitarian state #ukraine resistance #ukraine war #russian invasion #putin war criminal #i stand with ukraine #slava ukraini #russia will crack first

[asshole-rebel-psycho]

#truth #the gulag archipelago #woke #commie #marx #communism #russian lit

[luckylucullus]

Why must we keep repeating the same mistakes of history?

"We didn't love freedom enough.

And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation....

We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”

― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago —

#resist #revolt against the modern world #fuck the wef #anti-woke #Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn #The Gulag Archipelago

[miranmirank]

#the gulag archipelago #aleksandr solzhenitsyn #pray for peace

[airbrickwall]

#the gulag archipelago #quote #tyranny #courage

[lashaan]

The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Vol. 2) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Title: The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Vol. 2).Series: The Gulag Archipelago #2. Writer(s): Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.Translator(s): Thomas P. Whitney. Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics.Format: Paperback.Release Date: August 7th, 2007.Original Release Date: January 1st, 1973.Pages: 752.Genre(s): Non-fiction, History.ISBN13: 9780061253720. My Overall…

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#aleksandr solzhenitsyn #an experiment in literary investigation #book #book blogger #bookworm #history #Non-Fiction #review #Russia #the gulag archipelago

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Visiting the Lincoln Memorial at night on the National Mall and Memorial Parks is a captivating experience. As darkness falls, its grandeur takes on a different atmosphere. Soft lighting illuminates the statue of Abraham Lincoln, casting dramatic shadows and creating a sense of reverence. The surroundings are often quieter, allowing you to reflect and appreciate the memorial's significance. Photo: Joanna Hiatt Kim/US Department of the Interior

[h/t Robert Scott Horton]

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50 years ago these words.... and they feel especially powerful this morning...

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.”

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in his “The Gulag Archipelago”

#Robert Scott Horton #Lincoln Memorial #Joanna Hiatt Kim #quotes #Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn #The Gulag Archipelago #justice #do the right thing #ethics #good and evil

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“Ideology – that is what gives evildoing 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, “The Gulag Archipelago”

#Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn #The Gulag Archipelago #ideology #evil #social theory #justification #religion is a mental illness

[thequietabsolute]

#martin amis #koba the dread #stalinism #Leninism #marxist leninist #trotsky #aleksandr solzhenitsyn #gulag #the gulag archipelago #bolshevism #literature #history #poetry #poem and poetry #my books #personal notes #n.

[pwlanier]

Lot of 13 photos related to Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 1974-1975. Multi-format photos in excellent condition. On the back of some photos there are stickers and stamps of news agencies. Two photos are dedicated to Solzhenitsyn's Nobel Prize ceremony, including with Swedish laureates Harry Edmund Martinson (1904-1978) and Eivind Junson (1900-1976).

Litfund

#freedom #political prisoners #Alexander Solzhenitsyn #the gulag archipelago #nobel peace prize