The more man puts into God, the less he retains in himself. The worker puts his life into the object; but now his life no longer belongs to him, but to the object.

Every act and event is the inevitable result of prior acts and events and is independent of human will.

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex.

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.

Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people.