It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true

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.

Atheism, a religion dedicated to its own sense of smug superiority.

Knowledge is what you know, that gives you an edge overthe ordinary person.

Peeing is like a good book in that it is very, very hard to stop once you start.

3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is an unfortunate mistake of the devil. But if it repents, it will be saved!

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.

When I'm smiling, I'm supposedly not taking the game seriously. When I'm not smiling, then it's like, "He don't care. He's just out there."

You can never be satisfied as an entrepreneur, and the basis of any successful, growing business is new clients.

Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery

I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.