The capitalist cannot store labour-power in warehouses after he has bought it, as he may do with the raw material.

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.

You are hurrying to the sweet place, To the nonsense chasing your spirit And in the nonsense you look for answers.

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it.

If I'm paying money to come to see you, you shouldn't look like everybody else in the crowd.

How many lessons there are and how little they are taken

Whether you vote for me or you don't vote for me, I really want to be your greatest champion. And I will be your champion, whether you vote for me or not.

A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others.

You feel better about yourself when you do something with yourself. You also feel more confident.

What if happiness is in fact more about remembering who we are, rather than attempting to change anything or anyone at all?

If you knew my wife, you'd be like, "Yeah, you're very married." She runs the household. I refer to her as "the greatest director I've ever worked with."

I write about whatever is timely - whatever is happening at the time for me - with what the expressive feeling is.