"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."

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

"When I think of the number of disagreeable people that I know who have gone to a better world, I am sure hell won't be so bad at all."

"Providence protects children and idiots. I know because I have tested it."

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."

"The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

"For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong."

"A single event can shape our lives or change the course of history."

"And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never its victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten."

"Grace under Pressure."

"No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy."

"As body, mind, or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being, Consciousness, Bliss (satchidananda). You are the God of this universe."