The universal basis of co-operation is the proportioning of benefits received to services rendered.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.

The accurate measure of a human being is what he or she actually gets done.

I'm not a disciplined writer.

We live in the least ugly time in history.

God didn't give you the strength to get back on your feet so that you can run back to the same things that knocked you down.

The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future.

Fate is like a secret friend that helps push you on into life.

We do not necessarily improve with age: for better or worse we become more like ourselves.

They wanna bury me im worried. Im loosin my mind look down the barrel of my nine and my visions blurry. Fallen to pieces am I guilty? I pray to the lord but his laws be unfortunate because im guilty.

To think about "oblivion" is to think about "what art is".