“There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.”

Money is the alienated essence of man’s labor and life; and this alien essence dominates him as he worships it.

It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.

I am nothing but I must be everything.

The less you are, the more you have; the less you express your own life, the greater is your alienated life – the greater is the store of your estranged being.

The theory of Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.

The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living.

In history as in nature, decay is the laboratory of life.

Christ represents originally: 1) men before God; 2) God for men; 3) men to man.

This young lady, who instantly overwhelmed me with her kindness, is the ugliest creature I have seen in my entire life, with repulsive Jewish facial features.

Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded.

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

All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided.

Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you deliver a message. Get out and do what you advise others to do. Communicate from experience.

The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.

We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films and that’s what you seem to have mastered. You’ve used silence to great advantage in the film. It’s brilliant.

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn’t write it down and sign it, don’t say it.

Most of our communication is nonverbal.

When people are unhappy with us, they stop listening to what we say. At such times let’s communicate our message using thoughts.

Spiritual knowledge improves intuitive ability, innovative ability and communication.