One day we shall certainly 'reduce' thought experimentally to molecular and chemical motions in the brain; but does that exhaust the essence of thought?

All history has been a history of class struggles, of struggles between exploited and exploiting, between dominated and dominating classes at various stages of social development.

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

Terror consists mostly of useless cruelties perpetrated by frightened people in order to reassure themselves.

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

Without analysis, no synthesis.

The emancipation of woman will only be possible when woman can take part in production on a large, social scale, and domestic work no longer claims anything but an insignificant amount of her time.

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

Worries flee before a spirit of gratitude.

At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.

... we're living in a Machiavellian world, whether we like it or we don't.

Love can move the Sun and the stars.

One of the marks of a life well lived has to be reaching a state of finally getting it, of not needing more, and of being able to sign off with something approaching peace of mind.

To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately.

I'll pour a cup to you my darling, raise it up, say Cheerio.

When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything.

One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.

I happen to know people who are followers of Christ in other religions.