If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State.

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.

Suddenly, and for the first time, he was at the center of his own life, living it and loving it.

God is the world's oldest philosopher

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

Wine glasses, like fine wines, have always been a symbol of civilized living.

My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.

I know there are people who don't read fiction at all, and I find it hard to understand how they can bear to be inside the same head all the time.

Charge for something and make more than you spend.

Indigenous languages are Canada's national treasures. They are our identity. We simply have to put greater effort into rejuvenating and revitalizing them. It is key to moving forward.

Why won't you drown?" he wailed, pummeling me with his fists. "I'm Poseidon's son," I said. "Curse that upstart! I was here first!

Fasting is an amazing thing. It gives people heart and soul.