Mathematics is only the art of saying the same thing in different words.

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.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

She had something more than material value ~ she had a soul, no money could buy.

The next time someone says, ‘The odds are against you, ’ remember: If you don’t try, you forfeit the opportunity.

Watching a movie for the first time is a flirt. Rewatching it, is a date.

Death focuses the mind on the things that really matter: why are we here, and what should we do?

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

In order to handle my emotional pain I talk to friends about it, I write, I breathe, and most of all, I put it in perspective.

If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

If that was good enough for George Washington, it's good enough for me.

You know, the Super Bowl is so fresh that every single commercial is even on, you know, some next-level entertainment.