The Abolition Of The Class

From The Moment When A Subordinate Class Becomes Really Independent And Dominant, Calling Into Being A New Type Of State, The Need Arises Concretely, Of Building A New Intellectual And Moral Order, I.e. A New Type Of Society, And Hence The Need To Elaborate The Most Universal Concepts, The Most Refined And Decisive Ideological Weapons.

Man Is Above All Else Mind, Consciousness -- That Is, He Is A Product Of History, Not Of Nature.

This Is Really The Common Mentality Of Prisoners: They Read With Great Attention All The Articles That Deal With Illnesses And Send Away For Treatises And "be Your Own Doctor" Or "emergency Treatments" And End Up By Discovering That They Have At Least 300 Or 400 Illnesses, Whose Symptoms They Are Experiencing.

If You Beat Your Head Against The Wall, It Is Your Head That Breaks And Not The Wall.

I Give Culture This Meaning: Exercise Of Thought, Acquisition Of General Ideas, Habit Of Connecting Causes And Effects ... I Believe That It Means Thinking Well, Whatever One Thinks, And Therefore Acting Well, Whatever One Does.