Obsolete misleading theologies bear the same relation to the essence of true religion that scarlet fever, mumps, and measles do to education.
Luther BurbankThe lure of happiness and the fear of pain . . . are the two forces which have through untold millenniums kept what we usually call life from destruction by the ever encroaching outside forces of destruction.
Luther BurbankIf you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.
Luther BurbankLess than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think.
Luther BurbankAlthough I went to college as a youth, I never considered it necessary to steep oneself in academic learning, in order to learn how to think. I welcome a fair and square, open and above-board fight on any subject, including this, but I despise a man who sneaks around under a cloak or cover of any society or clique to strike his blows.
Luther Burbank