The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.

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.

I ordered a single espresso because I wanted a drink I could hook up with.

Biography is one of the new terrors of death.

To fight in another man's armour is something more than to be influenced by his style of fighting.

I wasn't a fashion editor. I was the one and only fashion editor.

Of course we're after Iraq.. eh.. Saddam Hussein.. I mean bin Laden.

Whether it's friendship or love. The essence of is two people trying to share something. When I think of how I met my best friends, it was always like love at first sight.

I think, if one is a painter, all you experience does come out when you’re painting.

Children should observe a regular schedule for sleeping and waking up.

If you are courageous, listen to the heart. If you are a coward, listen to the head.

It's not that George Bush doesn't care about black people, god made hurricanes, not people who can't swim.