A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to 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.

Even though we don't admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard's lyrics, or on the pages in the Library

I love sleep. I need sleep. We all do, of course. There are those people that don't need sleep. I think they're called 'successful.

Etta, it could be everything, it could be nothing, what you’re making up. You shouldn’t let that bother you.

Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.

A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.

When you're anointed, you become blessed of God such that everything you touch or do prospers. To be "blessed" means to be empowered to prosper.

To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

We're not lowly sinners, we're not worthless beings. We are something jewel-like and beautiful.