I am firm; YOU are obstinate; HE is a pig-headed fool.

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.

Those who think life is money, chase it. But those who think life is sharing live to give.

Gamblers take blind risks. Entrepreneurs take risks while visually impaired and feel their way up and out.

Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.

Holiness is irresistible. If even 10% of the world's population had it the whole world would be converted and happy before the year's end.

Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow.

People have been so supportive of this career for so long, and they are still enjoying the music that I bring to them.

Oh. My. God. They were fighting. In the library. Over her.

I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated.

No Republicans won the White House since the "Jurassic" age without winning Ohio. But for the Democrats, it doesn't matter.

When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.