Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run and for most men this comes chiefly through their work.

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.

Using something real does not destroy the fantastical

Don’t give explanation to anyone because who believes you, no need and who do not will not agree.

Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response.

Friendship is...the sort of love one can imagine between angels.

Books are growing more honest at a younger age, and the world is becoming less warm and fuzzy. Or at least the monsters are out in the open.

We should make virtue our master, not our servant.

Somewhere someone is looking for exactly what you have to offer.

A life totally committed to God has nothing to fear, nothing to lose, nothing to regret.

Bouncing in hoppy little circles like a demented Goth bunny.

Let's face it, in America today we don't have a health care system, we have a sick care system.