Lying Can Never Save Us From Another

As Soon As Man Began Considering Himself The Source Of The Highest Meaning In The World And The Measure Of Everything, The World Began To Lose Its Human Dimension, And Man Began To Lose Control Of It.

The Dissident Does Not Operate In The Realm Of Genuine Power At All. He Is Not Seeking Power. He Has No Desire For Office And Does Not Gather Votes. He Does Not Attempt To Charm The Public, He Offers Nothing And Promises Nothing. He Can Offer, If Anything, Only His Own Skin - And He Offers It Solely Because He Has No Other Way Of Affirming The Truth He Stands For. His Actions Simply Articulate His Dignity As A Citizen, Regardless Of The Cost.

The Most Important Thing Is That Man Should Be The Measure Of All Structures, Including Economic Structures, And Not That Man Be Made To Measure For Those Structures. The Most Important Thing Is Not To Lose Sight Of Personal Relationships - I.e., The Relationships Between Man And His Co-workers, Between Subordinates And Their Superiors, Between Man And His Work, Between This Work And Its Consequences.

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. ... Thus, From The Standpoint Of The Work And Its Worth It Is Irrelevant To Which Political Ideas The Artist As A Citizen Claims Allegiance, Which Ideas He Would Like To Serve With His Work Or Whether He Holds Any Such Ideas At All.

The Hope Of The World Lies In The Rehabilitation Of The Living Human Being, Not Just The Body But Also The Soul.