Religion is the opium of the poor.

You're awfully dark, brother," he said. "You don't know how dark.

Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.

Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.

I think you should learn about writing from everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you

They were beaten to start with. They were beaten when they took them from their farms and put them in the army. That is why the peasant has wisdom, because he is defeated from the start. Put him in power and see how wise he is.

There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow.