The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Faith conquers doubtLove conquers hateGood conquers evilLight conquers darknessJesus conquers deathHe rose again HallelujahHe rose again

We need to cooperate globally on epidemic preparedness and prevention in the same way we are cooperating globally to stop people from getting nuclear weapons.

If there is a way to delay an important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or private, will find it.

If you picture Time as a straight line along which we have to travel, then you must think of God as the whole page on which the line is drawn.

Remember that although bodies may pass away, the energy that connects you to a loved one is everlasting and can always be felt when you’re open to receiving it.

Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't go to college or you shouldn't finish your degree, but sometimes people have a very clear vision about what they want to do, and they just want to get on with it.

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

You don't always have to have an e-book. You can have a real book. I'd like to see the old way maintain.

Even though in the world you are the most learned scholar of the time, Behold the vanishing of this world and this time!