“Jaminan kemerdekaan bangsa ialah pada kemerdekaan jiwa.”

“The new era differs from the old chiefly in that the lash begins to imagine itself possessed of genius.”

“The proletarians have nothing to loose but their chains. They have a world to win.”

“Accumulate, accumulate! This is Moses and the Prophets!”

“As a matter of fact, the methods of primitive accumulation are anything but idyllic.”

“La tradición de todas las generaciones muertas oprime como una pesadilla el cerebro de los vivos.”

“Your favourite virtue ... SimplicityYour favourite virtue in man ... StrengthYour favourite virtue in woman ... WeaknessYour chief characteristic ... Singleness of purposeYour idea of happiness ... To fightYour idea of misery ... SubmissionThe vice you excuse most ... GullibilityThe vice you detest most ... ServilityYour aversion ... Martin TupperFavourite occupation ... Book-wormingFavourite poet ... Shakespeare, Aeschylus, GoetheFavourite prose-writer ... DiderotFavourite hero ... Spartacus, KeplerFavourite heroine ... Gretchen [Heroine of Goethe's Faust]Favourite flower ... DaphneFavourite colour ... RedFavourite name ... Laura, JennyFavourite dish ... FishFavourite maxim ... Nihil humani a me alienum puto [Nothing human is alien to me]Favourite motto ... De omnibus dubitandum [Everything must be doubted].”