The creative union of the conscious with the unconscious is what one usually calls 'inspiration.'

[Joseph] Stalin closes the exposition of these [Leon Trotsky] ideas with the words, "Such are in general the characteristic features of [Vladimir] Lenin's conception of the proletarian revolution."

Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.

The usages and methods of warfare are thus determined by changing circumstances and, therefore, they themselves can in nowise be eternal.

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.

Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.