“If religion is opposed to reason and science, faith is impossible; and when faith and confidence in the divine religion are not manifest in the heart, there can be no spiritual attainment.”

Better is the enemy of good.

You don’t have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long time.

Diligence is the mother of luck.

Have patience—wait, but do not sit idle; work while you are waiting; smile while you are wearied with monotony; be firm while everything around you is being shaken; be joyous while the ugly face of despair grins at you; speak aloud while the malevolent forces of the nether world try to crush your mind; be valiant and courageous while men all around you are cringing with fear and cowardice.

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.