One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.

We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.

Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.

Murder begins where self-defense ends.

Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!

The power of the people and the power of reason are one.

Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.

And for tired eyes every light is too bright, and for tired lips every breath too heavy, and for tired ears every word too much.

The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.

The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world.

The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it.

Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing in measuring success.

I love Tate Modern; there's such great style and shopping here. I love the galleries and the pubs out on the street, just having your pint as the sun is setting.

That's really empowering - people recognize that I care about other things.

Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost.

If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.

Collective property and individual property, these two banners will be the standards under which, from now on, the great battles of the future will be fought.

The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.'

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.