We are born into a world where alienation awaits us. We are potentially men, but are in an alienated state, and this state is not simply a natural system. Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.

Few books today are forgivable.

There are good reasons for being obedient, but being unable to be disobedient is not one of the best reasons.

The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man.

We live equally out of our bodies and out of our minds.

We are born into a world where alienation awaits us. We are potentially men, but are in an alienated state, and this state is not simply a natural system. Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.