The class struggle is precisely that which resolves the contradictions between two opposed classes by abolishing them at the same time that it constitutes and reveals them as classes.

Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.

... I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page.

The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.

Today, together, let us repeat as our slogan that all trace of violence must disappear from this earth, then the sun will be honey-colored and music good to hear.

Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible

The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language.

Remember. Or, failing that, invent.

I feel a near passion for intelligence at grips with itself and not letting go.

It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.

there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.

We are in the energy dictatorship that calls itself the United States of America.

People come and go, in and out of each other’s lives like it’s nothing. So I don’t know how/why this should be a big deal.

We have to remember, sometimes the most important history is the history we're making today.

Tai Chi Chuan, the great ultimate, strengthens the weak, raises the sick, invigorates the debilitated, and encourages the timid

We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.

That's a large part of the source of the gun culture. You have to have a gun when you go into Starbucks, because who knows what's going to happen. It just doesn't happen in other countries.

It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.

He has always been a slippery little git! (on Joe Cole)

Leaders are like gardeners ... As leaders we are not only responsible for harvesting our own success but for cultivating the success of the next generation.

If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.