Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.

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.

... no matter how we go about it, we are never poorer for the experiences that teach us how to write our own manuals.

One man’s nonsense is another man’s sense.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

When my father passed away two or three years ago, I didnt listen to music for four days - thats a long time for me.

An anomaly is not an abnormality. Diversity does not signify sickness.

If the men in the room would only think how they would feel graduating with a 'spinster of arts' degree they would see how important this is.

I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.

What I experienced in Cuba, I have become a student of what, how communism operates.

Many critics see international trade as a form of cultural imperialism that must be strictly controlled.

Critique the performance, and respect the hard work put in.