There are two things that kill a genius - a fatal disease and contentment.

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.

In the great flood of human life that is spawned upon the earth, it is not often that a man is born.

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.

Religion is based on the insistence that over and above all is a purpose and a guiding hand that is beneficent and kind, and would not leave a hair unnumbered or let a sparrow fall unnoticed to the ground. Those who cherish such hallucinations forget that the all-loving power is inflicting tuberculosis, cancer, famine, and pestilence on the trusting, simple sons of men.