Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

Humor is the mask of wisdom.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.

We are a race prone to monsters, she thought, and when we produce one we worship it.

You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself.

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.

I'll watch a Keanu Reeves movie and I'll go, 'Wow, he's really not a very good actor!'

Well, I think I've had a fairly meandering career.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them.

We write. How fortunate we are: The world does not close in on us. The world does not grow smaller.

Happiness is the feeling that power increases - that resistance is being overcome.

I think one thing I've learned, as dorky and obvious as this sounds: People who like cool books are usually really cool people.

I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not.