Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.

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.

Principles in a poor is admirable as politeness in a prince.

Who am I to decide if he is worth my love or not when I can't even...

No matter how "normal" people look, living "ordinary" lives, everyone has a story to tell. And may be, just like you, everyone else is a misfit too.

The world won't be loyal and burden itself to those who are having one skill and talent any longer. Make yourself useful and indispensable...

The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.

A team can't work when a guy puts himself in front of a team. I have yet to be on a team like that.

It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.

We want everyone to prepare themselves for the reality that we are not going to be able to recover significant numbers of people.