It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

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.

...whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his.

There is no "I" as such apart from others.

This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.

Christmas is always the most fun. I start looking forward to Christmas before it's even summertime.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

I try to not be too hard on myself regarding my diet. I've always been a workout-to-eat kind of a girl. I like to eat, to say the least.

Capitalism is a forest fire that is never extinguished, only contained.

I start work at 5 in the morning and I have a wicked insomnia problem.

I'm very much to blame for not seeing it before, but who on earth goes about suspecting an impossible outlandish thing like murder? That's something that happens in books, not among people you know.

Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Lipitor, as a doctor, and a dad.