Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy.

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.

Yes, there is no good pretending, it is hard to leave everything.

A brilliant mind was first a listener that observed the actions of the people that loved and hated them, then found a way to express their feelings, when real communication was lost.

I am afraid to die, though, ' I whispered to myself. These turned out to be my last words. They were not very impressive words, but it was too late to change them.

You are too important to the bigger picture to just fall off the canvas.

My enlightenment comes from the lucid awareness of my extinction not the dream of my eternal ego.

The key to our transformation is simply this: the better we know ourselves the better equipped we will be to make our choices wisely.

All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

Can you drive any faster?" Tohr demanded. "I got the pedal to the medal" The angel looked back. "And I don't care what I have to mow over

It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.

This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud.