Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.

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.

Going one step further, imagine if you could influence your subconscious mind to send out the right vibes to your conscious mind! That is what you are doing with NAPS.

How can I be lost, if I've got nowhere to go?

I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance one cannot fly into flying.

Lamb is such a beautiful thing.

In short: Readily available low-cost life insurance would be a threat to the industry, and whatever threatens the life insurance industry threatens America.

The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source.

I can really fish - I've been fishing since I was a kid.

Speech is the organ of this present world. Silence is the mystery of the world to come.

Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly.