Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

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.

Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried.

Child give me your hand so that I may walk in the light of your faith in me.

Don't try to prove anything about yourself to anyone. It isn't necessary. Your worth shines through to others- know your worth.

When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

Do you think that any one can move the heart but He that made it?

All pleasure should be a little bent, don't you think?

Painting pictures in our mind of what we want serves as the foundation for greater living and greater relationships.

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.