In the 19th century inhumanity meant cruelty; in the 20th century it means schizoid self-alienation.

Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to love. Hence the problem to them is how to be loved, how to be lovable.

Organized religion is in substance a mystification, a means of hiding the wickedness of the social system. If the Christian principles of love, equality, and freedom were really practiced instead of only preached, there would be no need for a special institution(the church) to take care of those principles.

If the handbag could think, it would have a terrific inferiority feeling, because, not having been bought, it would feel useless.

In the sleeping state, instead, one is much more oneself, even if society never ceases to intervene.

All men are in need of help and depend on one another. Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.