9 quotes
Establishing respect for the law does not automatically ensure a better life for that, after all, is a job for people and not for laws and institutions.
Living in Truth (1986)
There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth.
Living in Truth (1986)
The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power.
Living in Truth (1986)
The law is only one of several imperfect and more or less external ways of defending what is better in life against what is worse.
Living in Truth (1986)
His actions simply articulate his dignity as a citizen, regardless of the cost.
Living in Truth (1986)
There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.
Living in Truth (1986)
You do not become a "dissident" just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances.
Living in Truth (1986)
People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible to live like a human being.
Living in Truth (1986)
Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.
Living in Truth (1986)