"Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil."

"To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something."

"New York…that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American."

"The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it."

"Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always."

"The power of the people and the power of reason are one."

"It's impossible, I think, however much I'd become disillusioned politically or evolve into a post-political person, I don't think I'd ever change my view that socialism is the best political moment humans have ever come up with."

"I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman."