If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.

The things I'm making and doing I really like and think are interesting; I'm drawn to them.

And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder, always in the name of right and honor and peace, until the gods are tired of blood and create a race that can understand.

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.

It's true that necessity is the mother of invention. But for those of us without fathers, there is a deeper truth - necessity is the mother of self-invention.

O love, where are you leading me now?

I defend myself by improving myself.