I can't tell whether I am living in a dream or a nightmare.

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.

You upped the ante with the wrong vampire, Caitlin.

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

If you've never met a Navy SEAL and you ran into one at a bar, you probably still wouldn't know he's a Navy SEAL.

If what you own cannot be protected, you own nothing.

The main thing I do is to carry myself as best as I can on my pro level.

Personal freedom has grown greatly within China, and that will provoke ever more points of conflict between the individual and state.

I've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older you're not so interesting.

Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don't get hit very often.

And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.