Every child is in a way a genius; and every genius is in a way a child.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

I jump for joy every day. My body pulses with joy, and my vibration soars. I feel amazing.

What is necessary is what is needed.

Every command slaps liberty in the face.

For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity.

That tastes like hope feels.

Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world.

This woman was so cross-eyed. She can go to a tennis match and never move her head.

I never could get a proper job.