Calculating machines do sums better than even the cleverest people… As arithmetic has grown easier, it has come to be less respected.

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.

There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'""The mood will pass, sir.

It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad

She never belittled him though she knew the strength of his doubts

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.

Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived.

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

Our cause is just. Our union is perfect.

I think any woman can be transformed by a beautiful dress and high heels.

In the scientific community you find competent teachers and original researchers, just as in the musical community you find many good performers but very few good composers.