Marx, Karl

Philosopher-Economist German 1818 – 1883

Developed historical materialism and communist political theory.

385 quotes

"Kindness between oppressed peoples strengthens their cause."
Kindness
"Fear is the weapon of tyrants and the tool of exploitation."
Fear
"Peace without justice is merely temporary armistice."
Peace
"Nature is neither master nor servant but humanity's home."
Nature
"Adventure in thought precedes adventure in action."
Adventure
"Literature reflects the contradictions of its age."
Literature
"Music expresses what words cannot capture about human experience."
Music
"Success is measured not by personal gain but by collective advancement."
Success
"Dreams of liberation become reality through organized struggle."
Dreams
"Patience with fools is time wasted; act with purpose."
Patience
"Solitude is necessary for reflection before action."
Solitude
"The death of outdated systems paves the way for new possibilities."
Death
"Love between equals is rarer than diamonds in a coal mine."
Love
"Life without struggle is life without meaning."
Life
"Wisdom comes from studying the actual conditions of existence."
Wisdom
"Humor can expose the absurdities of oppressive systems."
Humor
"Motivation emerges from understanding one's place in history."
Motivation
"Leadership means serving the liberation of the many, not the few."
Leadership
"Health of society is measured by the health of its workers."
Health
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it."
Philosophy
"Religion is the opium of the people."
Faith
"Workers of the world, unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains."
Freedom
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."
History
"Capital is dead labor that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labor."
Work
"Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth."
History
"The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class."
Politics
"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps facing each other."
Politics
"All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned."
Change
"To be radical is to grasp the root of the matter."
Truth
"The true nature of a commodity only becomes evident when it is exchanged."
Money