Brain without heart is far more dangerous than heart withoutbrain.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten, elevate and civilize mankind?

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.

As more people become more intelligent they care less for preachers and more for teachers.

To hate man and worship God seems to be the sum of all the creeds.

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before.

The effort to reconcile science and religion is almost always made, not by theologians, but by scientists unable to shake off altogether the piety absorbed with their mother's milk.

Humans are threatened by anything different, and their response is to fight. They're bullies, picking on the weak, cowering from the strong.

What I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you know, to expand the audience.

She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

And if I was humming "Happy Birthday" and smiling stupidly as I fled for my life—well, that was nobody's business, was it?

We will be spending less in the transfer market in future years.

Something brushed his leg, and he gazed down into the face of Pippi Tucker. The theme from Jaws raced through his head.

Embracing conflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and fascination.