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"Shukhov stared at the ceiling and said nothing. He no longer knew whether he wanted to be free or not...it had gradually dawned on him that people like himself were not allowed to go home but were packed off into exile. And there was no knowing where the living was easier " here or there. The one thing he might want to ask God for was to let him go home. But they wouldn't let him go home."
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"To enjoy the beauty of the world, don't try to fit in. Try to fly out of your perceived boundaries."
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"Be as light as a feather and when they reach for you - you will blow right by their grip, you will effortlessly flow to safety."
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"Freedom gives you the air of the high mountains."
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"You need to break free from the chain of employment to fully utilize and discover your potential."
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"True freedom is a freedom with clear boundaries. True freedom understands the real essence of do's and don'ts. A freedom without restrictions that brings comfort is a freedom in chains."
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"Freedom of conscience does not mean being uncontrolled - we have to control ourselves and at times submit to others..."
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"Employment is the greatest dream killer."
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"None of us have true freedom because every one of us has to conform."
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"To live your life without oppression, making love the way you wish, loving those you wish to be with - is to live on the right of the spectrum."
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"Don't seek permission to be happy."
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"For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."
Government
"Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag."
Travel
"The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in the development of the soul."
Spiritual
"Just as King Midas turned everything to gold, Stalin turned everything to mediocrity."
Politics
"It's only on a black day that you begin to have friends."
Relationship
"This is Communism's view of war. War is necessary. War is an instrument for achieving a goal.But unfortunately for Communism, this policy ran up against the American atomic bomb in 1945. Then the Communists changed their tactics and suddenly became advocates of peace at any cost."
History
"No zek had the right to stay one second in his workroom without the supervision of a free employee because prudence dictated that the prisoner would be bound to use that unsupervised second to break into the steel safe with a lead pencil, photograph its secret documents with a trouser button, explode an atom bomb, and fly to the moon."
Psychology
"In the realm of the unknown, difficulties must be viewed as a hidden treasure! Usually, the more difficult, the better. It's not as valuable if your difficulties stem from your own inner struggle. But when difficulties arise out of increasing objective resistance, that's marvelous!"
Motivation
"The Communist leaders respect only firmness and have contempt for persons who continually give in to them."
Leadership
"Freedom or prison--what's the difference? A man must develop unwavering will power subject only to his reason."
Philosophy
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