Change is scientific; progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.

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.

Don't be afraid to be weird for being wise.

I trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I've always thought it isn't that different from everybody else's.

Death makes us sad, but it can also make us feel more alive.

I don't think anyone in their right mind takes me serious.

People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.

In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us.

Do you see any majority, anywhere, in this imperfect and irreligious world, admitting that the minority is precious? That any minority is precious?

Life's greatest reward is life itself

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!

Excuse me, scary people. (Alix)