They've got no idea what happiness is, they don't know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us--there is no life.

Between the murder of an animal and the murder of a man, there's no more than ONE step!

Slavery results from laws, laws are made by governments, and, therefore people can only be freed from slavery by the abolition of governments.... And it is time for people to understand that governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions, in which a self-respecting, honest man cannot and must not take part.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

Always the same. Now a spark of hope flashes up, then a sea of despair rages, and always pain; always pain, always despair, and always the same.

Man must not check his reason by tradition, but, contrariwise, must check tradition by reason.

When I have one foot in the grave, I will tell the whole truth about women. I shall tell it, jump into my coffin, pull the lid over me and say, "Do what you like now."