The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.

If you can't Smile for Yourself then Smile for Others

All we can do is everything we can do. (David Axelrod)

I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.

Life is short. You can't afford to put off what God has put in your heart. You don't have time to live with things holding you back.

Technology should do the hard work so people can do the things that make them the happiest in life.

Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation.

It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act.

There is no power without justice.

I'm a spy. It's not really... I worked for the CIA 15 years. The cover was I worked for the insurance business.