Karl Marx Quotes

The working class is revolutionary or it is nothing.

Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again.

Religion is only the illusory Sun which revolves around man as long as he does not revolve around himself.

Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such as he finds close at hand.

We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.

Moments are the elements of profit.

Be careful to trust a person who does not like wine.

The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public house; the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

Surround yourself with people who make you happy.