There is not one single social or economic principle or concept in the philosophy of the Russian Bolshevik which has not been realized, carried into action, and enshrined in immutable laws a million years ago by the white ant.

The further back I look, the further forward I can see.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

I was on the whole considerably discouraged by my school days... It is not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the very beginning of the race.

It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.