Men can see nothing around them that is not their own image; everything speaks to them of themselves. Their very landscape is alive.

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.

If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.

Scientific civilisation has destroyed the soul of the world.

Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star.

One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish.

Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there. The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.

The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister

At the core of investigative journalism is exactly the same thing that drives a page-turning thriller: telling a great story.

Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do

I think...she said finally, "that all of us have got our ghosts.

Capitalism can be helpful, but it can also be destructive when it's used by huge enterprises worldwide for the sale of weapons.