“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”

“Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it....”

“Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error.”

“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.”

“Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.”

“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.”

“I have never sneered in my life. Sneering doesn't become either the human face or the human soul. I am expressing my righteous contempt for Commercialism. I don't and wont trade in affection. You call me a brute because you couldn't buy a claim on me by fetching my slippers and finding my spectacles. You were a fool: I think a woman fetching a man's slippers is a disgusting sight: did I ever fetch your slippers? I think a good deal more of you for throwing them in my face. No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave?”