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“We take care of our health; we lay up money; we make our roof tight, and our clothing sufficient; but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all, -friends?”
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“[Core concepts: Human beings all have souls. Souls are software objects. Software is not immortal.]”
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“The nation which can only be saved by one man and wants to be saved that way deserves a whipping!”
Source : "Nationalism and Culture" by Rudolf Rocker, translated by Ray E. Chase, Book I, (Ch. 15), 1952.
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“This is a very unforgiving country when you show this country its warts, when you hold the mirror up. If you happen not to share their beliefs, they'll kill you.”
Source : "Opening statements expected in trial of ex-Black Panther". www.cnn.com. February 19, 2002. 
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“In the years ahead of me, I learned that the world is actually filled with people ready to tell you how likely something is, and what it means to be realistic. But what I have also learned is that no one, no one truly knows what is possible until they go and do it.”
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“Doesn't it get on my nerves when people say science doesn't know everything. Science knows it doesn't know everything otherwise it would stop. Just becuase science doesn't know everything doesn't mean you can fill in the gaps with whatever fairy-tale appeals to you.”
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“All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity.”
Source : "Some Notes on Caravaggio". "Nimbus" Magazine, 1956.
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“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”
