It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.
Be realistic, demand the impossible!
There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man.
We must do away with all newspapers. A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press.
I will fight with all the weapons within my reach rather than let myself be nailed to a cross or whatever.
The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands its dynamic, predicts the future, but in addition to predicting it (which would satisfy his scientific obligation), he expresses a revolutionary concept: the world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny.
One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.
The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something.
I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.
The single greatest gift you could ever give the world is to be exactly who you are.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure. ]