A smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime.

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.

My sister don't talk much. When she does, it's only to me, in moth-winged whispers, and only when we're alone.

I am for wine and the embrace of questionable women.

Heroes only come in three kinds:dead, damaged or dubious.

Love is a worn-out word. People love their cat, they love their house. I've never been in love with anyone but myself.

You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.

I don't accept excuses, only solutions.

God is an exalted man. Some people are troubled over the statements of the Prophet Joseph Smith... that our Father in heaven at one time passed through a life and death and is an exalted man.

[On men:] On their best days, the best of them are eight years old.

The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung in our hearts.

Seve was one of the most talented and exciting golfers to ever play the game. His creativity and inventiveness on the golf course may never be surpassed. His death came much too soon.