Hitherto, every form of society has been based ... on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes.

Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.

If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded.

There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery

When the sufferers learn to think, then the thinkers will learn to suffer.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole

Social reforms are never carried out by the weakness of the strong; but always by the strength of the weak.

Follow your own path, no matter what people say.

The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.

Is it difficult to recognize spring when the air is dancing with joy and the flowers are blooming bright colorful smiles?

I'm a book girl--I love all the stories the world has to offer. No matter the book, I will taste it and drink it down.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

I have more zeal than wit.

Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be there if no one was looking.

It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.

Why is it called 'after dark' when it really is 'after light'?

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?

The Great Work - the work of ensuring a just, healthy, beautiful, and sustainably life-giving world for future generations of all species.

To leap across an abyss, one is better served by faith than doubt.