Philosophy is, in the last instance, class struggle in the field of theory.

In truth, ideology has very little to do with 'consciousness', even supposing this term to have an unambiguous meaning. It is profoundly unconscious, even when it presents itself in a reflected form.

Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence.

To philosophize with open eyes is to philosophize in the dark. Only the blind can look straight at the sun.

Ideology... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence.

The ultimate condition of production is therefore the reproduction of the conditions of production

If someone asks, ‘But what in the end is a philosopher?’ I would say ‘A philosopher is a human being who fights in theory.’

In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage, are permissible.

It is characteristic of ideology to impose self-evident facts as self-evident facts.

There is no such thing as an innocent reading, we must ask what reading we are guilty of.

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief.

Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.

I don't know if this is a good thing to say, but the musical obsession has almost shifted to a creative obsession now.

Once she has committed sin, there is nothing left for the Protestant woman, whereas the Catholic Church, hope of forgiveness makes a woman sublime.

What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary.

If an enemy strikes your left cheek, offer him your right.

Maybe, just maybe, two broken people could manage to create something whole.

The cruelest prison of all is the prison of the mind.

The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly.