My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian mythology.

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.

Women, like men, must be educated with a view to action, or their studies cannot be called education.

I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand any attack on it.

Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work

It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.

it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.

I saw no poor men, except a few intemperate ones. I saw some very poor women; but God and man know that the time has not come for women to make their injuries even heard of.

Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit.

Don't pursue something with a vengeful heart, or it will destroy you. Hate wraps a cold hand around your heart and hollows you out." - Justus

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

If Bill Gates is worth $30 billion then a good haircut must cost $31 billion

Love requires peace, love will dream; it cannot live upon the remnants of our time and our personality.

Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood.

Many people who excel are self-taught.

The artist Nature often achieves greatest effect when not working with a full palette.

Sitting here now today, I can forgive a lot of the English people because it only takes a hand full of bad people to do something stupid like that and it can make the whole country look bad.

I may be irresponsible but I am a good irresponsible.

I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they're going to feel that way at 72. You just deal with it better. I'm serious.