A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked not be endured with patient resignation.

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.

Does the church offer answers for the complexions of 21st century problems?

You cannot serve God and Mammon.

Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.

Today it's normal. Photos used to be a support to the text, but we turned things around, reducing the words to a minimum.

A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have the dessert of freedom.

The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books - mine included - because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn't happened.

E'en the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, and trodden weeds send out a rich perfume.

Im always trolling for trivia.

As a writer, you have control: You can play around with your own thoughts and when you find those insufficient, draw upon others': their wisdom, their humor, their failings.

I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.