Marx's father became a Christian when Marx was a little boy, and some, at least, of the dogmas he must have then accepted seem to have born fruit in his son's psychology.

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.

Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.

Language lacks the power to describe Faith.

Life is as fair as you perceive it to be.

If we do something over and over again, it becomes normal. If we see the same thing over and over again, it becomes normal.

The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking.

I'm a writer of faith. I was raised Catholic, and I have a deeply Catholic imagination.

Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.

But more than brave, you have love. And love is brave.

Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible.

Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death.