The ownership of industry by the state - that is not socialism.

Man does not only sell commodities, he sells himself and feels himself to be a commodity.

Only in being productively active can man make sense of his life.

The destruction of the world is the last, almost desperate attempt to save myself from being crushed by it

The only concern which I have today is that we have a policy, a foreign policy, which enables us to avoid a catastrophe; which, if one understands it properly, is indescribable.

That is not quite enough to make one happy, if one spends eight hours a day in something which in itself has no meaning and interest, except that one gains money from it.

I have learnt to appreciate the clarity of English language.