If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.

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.

What you said about the sweetest pain? That fits us.

My only armor is my belief that life has meaning...

So I lived alone. The first thing I did was take off my pants. Naturally.

Be Patient to become a Patent

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

I'm most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.

That s the problem I ve been choosing male names. You are a she! [To Saphira, while trying to choose her name.]

I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team. Ms Delphox is a great character and someone I've had a lot of fun playing.

Nothing truly real is forgotten eternally, because everything real comes from eternity and goes to eternity.

If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut?