Slavoj Zizek

If you have a choice between reading Hegel and being hit by a bus, read Hegel. It will be less painful and more useful in the long run.

I secretly admire North Korea. What an amazing achievement! To convince people you have a happy society while they are starving.

The only truly serious philosophers are clowns.

The problem is not the problem, the problem is your attitude about the problem.

It's much easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.

Truth is not a neutral, objective observation, but a passionate engagement.

The greatest danger for me is to lose my sense of humor.

The only thing worse than the end of the world is the end of the world with a whimper.

I am a communist, but I am also a pervert.

Happiness is a very dangerous category. It's a kind of ideological blackmail.

The ultimate truth is not some big cosmic secret, but the banality of everyday life.

Tolerance is precisely the problem. It is the form of ideology.

The highest form of freedom is to choose your master.

Today, we are all living in a post-political era where political differences are replaced by cultural differences.

The act of thinking is always a violent act.

We are condemned to be free.

The true terrorist is the one who thinks he is fighting terrorism.

The only way to be truly revolutionary is to be truly pragmatic.

The greatest enemy of truth is not the lie, but the myth.

Don't be afraid to think, even if it leads to madness.