Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone.

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.

If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?

Not every instance requires a response. Truth resides silently in the seat of power.

people say I'm running back to the thing that broke me, yeah he did, but I picked myself back up, now it's about fixing him.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

Om (AUM) is the truth of all truths, the light of all lights and the destroyer of all illusions.

I've been in a Speedo half my life. So I am really comfortable with my body.

In my life I've easily lost 500 pounds but for some reason they keep finding me.

Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.

God saves, not God empathizes, cares, listens, helps, assists, or applauds.

Dogma, static positions, consonance - all these are obstacles to catching the disease of art, at least in its more complex forms.