In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.

Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

the government can do nothing for you. But you can do everything for yourselves

All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!

The proprietor, producing neither by his own labor nor by his implement, and receiving products in exchange for nothing, is either a parasite or a thief.

Liberty, Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order.

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

We want property, but property restored to its proper limits, that is to say, free distribution of the products of labour, property minus usury!

You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

The words emerge from her body without her realizing it, as if she were being visited by the memory of a language long forsaken.

The coaches will offer a direction, a plan, routine, discipline and the players must develop the desire to work together accepting their roles as they learn in preparation for the season.

Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

Where God is, all agree.

If Lady Gaga is like an orange Bugatti Veyron, then I am like a black 1970 Chevelle.

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist.

In an automobile civilization, which was one of constant motion and activity, there was almost no time to think; in a television one, there is small desire.

When deciding what to do next, we can always ask: Does this thought, emotion, or behavior bring me closer to or take me further away from my center?