The difference between Socrates and Jesus is that no one had ever been put to death in Socrates' name. And that is because Socrates' ideas were never made law. Law, in whatever name, protects privilege.

Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.

Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read.

In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Time seems to me a drift, a shifting of sand. And my mind is shifting with it. I am wearing away.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.