There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery

But the more these conscious illusions of the ruling class are shown to be false and the less they satisfy common sense, the more dogmatically they are asserted and the more deceitful, moralizing and spiritual becomes the language of established society.

The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape. Its hierarchy is a hierarchy of knowledge.

Music is the mirror of reality.

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The policy of Russia is changeless. Its methods, its tactics, its maneuvers may change, but the polar star of its policy, world domination, is a fixed star. About Russia