(135 quotes found)
“The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.”
“Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised”
“A human can be healthy without killing animals for food. Therefore if he eats meat he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.”
“The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the deepest insult you can offer him. Patriotism now means advocating plunder in the interest of the privileged classes of the particular State system into which we have happened to be born.”
“We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do not notice the atrocity, stupidity and cruelty with which the teaching of the Christian church is permeated”
“Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal - that there is no human relation between master and slave”
“The poet takes the best things out of his life and puts them into his work. Hence his work is beautiful and his life bad.”
“The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase”
“A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.”
