It is the things for which there is no evidence that are believed with passion.

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.

When there is a beautiful reflection, we know not where to look, to the reflection or to the reflected!

Everyone can help. We can educate ourselves and our children about other countries and cultures.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

The childless escape much misery.

I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off.

Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.

We live on this very small and fragile planet: a world in which there is poverty and injustice is never going to be a safe and secure world

We must remember to enjoy ourselves.

Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish.