“To live in peace, one must always give a damn about what others think.”

“I do not give a damn about the dead. They died for the [Communist] Party and the Party can decide what it wants. I practice a live man’s politics, for the living.”

“One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.”

“Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.”

“I never think about what I want. It's about what you want to give to other people.”

“Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.”

“And, like the great damned souls, I shall always feel that thinking is worth more than living.”

“Life's hard. To be in peace with oneself, one must speak the truth. To be in peace with others, one must lie.”

“Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.”

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”