439 Quotes by Russell Brand

We are imprisoned within, hypnotized without, denying ourselves access to the internal peace and external harmony. Can we execute the perfect jailbreak when we have become our own jailers?

Socialism isn’t a dirty word; it just means sharing. Really, it’s just the bureaucratic arm of Christianity.

You’ve seen their logo – it’s an apple with a bite taken out of it. That bite is the symbol of the moment mankind broke their pact with God, transgressed their own innocent nature, and chewed into consuming and consumerism. We have externalized all wonder, materialized our inherent magic.

In the US, the 400 richest people have as much as 185 million people, over 60 per cent of the population.

People don’t throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.

If anybody needs any help with anything, I’m prepared to help.

The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality” Charles Baudelaire.

It’s difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you. No one really feels self-confident deep down because it’s an artificial idea. Really, people aren’t that worried about what you’re doing or what you’re saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you.

Now, I don’t want to come over all cynical, but doesn’t that imply that you could dispense with the entire democratic process and simply award power to the party with the most money in its campaign fund? Yes. It does. Maybe not always, just every, single time in history so far.