The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible . . . and to serve others as much as possible.

Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.

There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time hat we have any power.

Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, and a slavish submission to those who hold power. That is what is really preached wherever patriotism is championed. Patriotism is slavery.

In education, once more, the chief things are equality and freedom.

Happiness is in your ability to love others.

If I had any doubts at all about the justice of my dislike for Shakespeare, that doubt vanished completely. What a crude, immoral,vulgar, and senseless work Hamlet is. The whole thing is based on pagan vengeance; the only aim is to gather together as many effects as possible; there is no rhyme or reason about it.