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

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

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.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The truest and noblest gift for yourself is personal development.

I've been told it's hard to write about singing. I didn't realize that going into it. I might not have tried if I knew!

If You're going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if You're going to play the guitar, really, really, really get in it, and don't be jivin'.

Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life

'Normal Heart' was my most transcendent moment as an actor.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.

All my work, all my efforts, all my prayers and tears are for humanity, and the spread of peace and love among mankind.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.