Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.

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.

Cruelty had been his weapon. But such a tool is dangerous and can spread further than you intend.

People don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along for the ride.

Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.

MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna.

Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret

I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.

I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.

The schools I went to as a kid made me wary. It was clear to me that everything was a lie except math.

Only your friends steal your books.