A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

When we mother well, we teach our children to embrace the moral obligations that build solid relationships, healthy marriages, and secure families.

Those lose least who have least to lose.

every time I've held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns

You're driving with your eyes closed.

I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning.

Even beauty cannot always palliate eccentricity.

If a horse doesn't want to do something, you're not going to make him do it. They're incredibly powerful animals.

Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.

It's like an Alcatraz around my neck