History Is At Once Freedom And Necessity.

Destruction Is Difficult. It Is As Difficult As Creation.

I Would Like You To Understand Completely, Also Emotionally, That I'm A Political Detainee And Will Be A Political Prisoner, That I Have Nothing Now Or In The Future To Be Ashamed Of In This Situation. That, At Bottom, I Myself Have In A Certain Sense Asked For This Detention And This Sentence, Because I've Always Refused To Change My Opinion, For Which I Would Be Willing To Give My Life And Not Just Remain In Prison. That Therefore I Can Only Be Tranquil And Content With Myself.

Driving Forward Is The Chief Characteristic Of Western Man Since The Sumerians. His Dread Triad Of Vices Is Property-holding, Voraciousness, And Lust.

Common Sense Is Not Something Rigid And Stationary, But Is In Continuous Transformation, Becoming Enriched With Scientific Notions And Philosophical Opinions That Have Entered Into Common Circulation. 'common Sense' Is The Folklore Of Philosophy And Always Stands Midway Between Folklore Proper (folklore As It Is Normally Understood) And The Philosophy, Science, And Economics Of The Scientists. Common Sense Creates The Folklore Of The Future, A Relatively Rigidified Phase Of Popular Knowledge In A Given Time And Place.

Is It Better To Work Out Consciously And Critically One's Own Conception Of The World And Thus, In Connection With The Labours Of One's Own Brain, Choose One's Sphere Of Activity, Take An Active Part In The Creation Of The History Of The World, Be One's Own Guide, Refusing To Accept Passively And Supinely From Outside The Moulding Of One' Own Personality?