In a just world, there would be no possibility of 'charity'.

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.

The quality of our lives lives, depends on the quality of our thoughts.

I’m not just a face, or a body. I’m a Havisham.

It is not a crime to commit First Degree Writing

If you wish to fear nothing consider that everything is to be feared.

Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.

All I want for Christmas is a rock n roll electric guitar.

Art is not a pleasure, a solace, or an amusement; art is a great matter. Art is an organ of human life, transmitting man's reasonable perception into feeling.

Attempts to secure an equal outcome always require unequal treatment of individuals.

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.