And if ye cannot be saints of knowledge, then, I pray you, be at least its warriors. They are the companions and forerunners of such saintship.

Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.

Those who are bent on revolutionizing society may be divided into those who seek something for themselves thereby and those who seek something for their children and grandchildren.

I am not a man, I am dynamite!

The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to seek out the most hidden and intimate things.

We become aware, however, that all customs, even the hardest, grow pleasanter and milder with time, and that the severest way of life may become a habit and therefore a pleasure.

There's no defense against stupidity.