„It is necessary sometimes to take one step backward to take two steps forward.“

— Vladimir Lenin
„It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.“
— Louis Sachar
„One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward, written by Lenin, an outstanding member of the Iskra group, is a methodical exposition of the ideas of the ultra-centralist tendency in the Russian movement. The viewpoint presented with incomparable vigor and logic in this book, is that of pitiless centralism.“
— Rosa Luxemburg
„Federal Switzerlandization would be a huge step backwards for Germany. Two“
— Vladimir Lenin
„Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now.“
— Eckhart Tolle