Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you are a nobody and must live as you are told by other people who desire and think for you

Whenever you hear the word "inevitable", watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.

You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all.

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you are a nobody and must live as you are told by other people who desire and think for you