The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

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.

Be aware of yourself without thinking or looking in the mirror

Sometimes is necessary to fall from grace to teach indecent.

If you submit to your gift, you will become known and influential

Problems often become worse if incompetent people try to solve them.

Some people make enough, some people don’t, and it has nothing to do with their paycheck.

It's a man's jobno place for women's plans here!what lies outside. Stay home and cause no trouble.

I wish I could find words to express the trueness, the bravery, the hardihood, the sense of honor, the loyalty to their trust and to each other of the old trail hands.

I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or the Carol Burnett Show.

As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.

To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in an individual-is real strength.