I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible.

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.

It is necessary to grow up in maturity, firmness and courage in order to reach the goal

Violence is temporary, but learning is permanent.

A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion

I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.

People fall forward to success.

If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president.

There cannot be a "good" society until there are "good" men.

I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?

By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything.