Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else.

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 trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.

Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside.

It's very important that people aspire to be successful. The only way you can do it is if you look at somebody who is.

Scientists believe that the universe is made of hydrogen because they claim it's the most plentiful ingredient. I claim that the most plentiful ingredient is stupidity.

Our struggle does not end so long as there is a single human being considered untouchable on account of his birth.

The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism.

Too often we tend to reduce what is strange to what is familiar. I intend to restore the familiar to the strange.

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.

A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms.