Neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point.

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 book of Jonah is one of the shortest books in the Bible. Yet, something beneath the surface whispers to us, hinting that there is much more beneath this little book. (page iii)

The world I once knew as a boy has changed dramatically . . . I don’t even recognize the world we live in today.

Don’t let the burdens and hardships of this lifedistract you or discourage you, but keep your eyes firmly fixed on what God has promisedat the end of our journey: heaven itself.

To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge.

Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.

I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids.

Any time you put too many sparks around a powder keg, the thing is going to explode, and if the things that explodes is still inside the house, then the house will be destroyed.

How can you think about the world without factoring in the unforseen, the fluke event?

A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious.

If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.