"The greatest pleasure of life is love."

"I am not a communist, but I am a human being."

"I'm not working in the political arena. I'm working in the human arena. Had I included Stalin, I would surely been getting into politics because there was no reason to include him from the standpoint …"

"Greed has poisoned men's souls—has barricaded the world with hate—has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical;…"

"In this book I do not intend to give a blow-by-blow description of a sex bout: I find them inartistic, clinical and unpoetic. The circumstances that lead up to sex I find more interesting."