Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russia
11 Dec 1918 // 3 Aug 2008
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A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage... Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elite, causing an impression of a loss of courage by the entire society.

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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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