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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

Quote Author: Alexander Solzhenitsyn

	Alexander Solzhenitsyn
	(1918- ) Soviet writer, Nobel Peace Prize, exiled to the west for criticism of USSR.

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A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

In our country, the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.

When you have robbed a man of everything, hes no longer in your power. He is free again.

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.

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power --he's free again.