Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the ...

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.

~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ~

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