Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.

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.

So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened

Sometimes all it takes is a little watering everyday and a sunny day to follow, that's how weeds become flowers and new dawns rise - why would it be any less then for a human life?

Sometimes I fear those noisy words boiling in an unsettling cauldron.

Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live.

I do what I do and u do Wat u can do about it

What you cannot escape, you must fight; what you cannot fight, you must endure.

Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.

You can be happy with someone who likes you despite your faults - until you meet someone who likes your faults.

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

When men are so busy making money that they have no time for anything else, then the day is not far off when they will have no money for anything else.