Grasshopper always wrong in argument with chicken.

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.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

Secrets have an unfortunate way of spreading far beyond those they were intended for.

Does man differ from the other animals? Only in posture. The rest are bent but he is a wild beast who walks upright.

I probably couldn't have the same experience listening to that song because I'm self-conscious about some of my singing parts.

You can't fake comedy - it's not like a movie, where a director can just cast a pretty face.

I don’t know if I’m a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. 
 I was like, ‘Mum, it hurts.’

An artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.

To be beloved is all I need, And whom I love, I love indeed.

Does Obama really want his legacy to be, ‘The president who was an even bigger fool than Neville Chamberlain’?

Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.