If I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible what was the main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of ou… - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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!

By now we are even unsure whether we have the right to talk about the events of our own lives.

Before the Russian revolution, they [U.S. and Russia] were natural allies. You know that during the American Civil War, Russia supported Lincoln and the North [in contrast to Britain and France, which supported the Confederacy]. Then, we were effectively allies in the First World War. But beginning with communism, Russia ceased to exist. ...