That which is cannot be true.

The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real.

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.

Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.

The spontaneous reproduction of superimposed needs by the individual does not establish autonomy; it only testifies to the efficacy of the control.

The Superego, in censoring the unconscious and in implanting conscience, also censors the censor.

Most people are afraid of freedom. They are conditioned to be afraid of it.

There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.

The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

Entertainment and learning are not opposites; entertainment may be the most effective mode of learning.

I believe that parents who love their children do everything for them with love, even discipline.

I began to curse the past for passing.

The ‘gods’ that do us the greatest harm are the gods we deny having.

The greatest gift you can give yourself is to develop your full potential.

There wasn't a lot of discipline in my life, and I hated it being imposed on me at school.

A life filled with silly social drama and gossip indicates that a person is disconnected from purpose and lacking meaningful goals. People on a path of purpose don't have time for drama.

As long as everyone's wearing their own pants." "I see I have come in on a fascinating moment in the conversation.

You won't know until it's over. You won't find me in time.

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea.

I mean, when I think about it, what's more important? Clothes - or the miracle of new life?