"There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them."
"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions."
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
"The tongue is like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood."
"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky."
"Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings — that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide."
"A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read."
"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."