"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."

"It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself."

"Have no fear of perfection -- you will never reach it."

"There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad."

"I don't do drugs: I am drugs."

"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it."

"Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after."

"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."

"Are you to pay for all you have with all you are?"

"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers."

"We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

"Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes."