One should identify oneself with the universe itself. Everything that is less than the universe is subjected to suffering.

We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.

Distance is the soul of beauty.

To claim that theft or adultery or lying are "evil" simply reflects our degraded idea of good-—that it has something to do with respect for property, respectability, and sincerity.

When war is waged, it is for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war. International politics are wholly involved in this vicious cycle. What is called national prestige consists in behaving always in such a way as to demoralize other nations by giving them the impression that, if it comes to war, one would certainly defeat them. What is called national security is an imaginary state of affairs in which one would retain the capacity to make war while depriving all other countries of it.

The whole of our civilization is founded on specialization, which implies the enslavement of those who execute to those who coordinate.

Nothing is less instructive than a machine.