Man can be stimulated by hope or driven by fear, but the hope and the fear must be vivid and immediate if they are to be effective without producing weariness.

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 you have the same dream over and over again, your brain is trying to solve a problem. It knows there's an answer.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveler, who takes a rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way

Begin to see the violence around you

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh ... to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

In the ocean, [bioluminescence] is the rule rather than the exception.

Stop playing verbal games with me, madam, or I shall go out into that ballroom, find your mother, and bring her here

Happiness is a choice. You grieve, you stomp your feet, you pick yourself up and choose to be happy.

Preaching Christ's truth always bears fruit. Of course, some people will probably end up wanting to throw that fruit at you.

The truth is not a crystal that can be slipped into one's pocket, but an endless current into which one falls headlong.