The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

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.

He: "Whale you be my valentine?" She: "Dolphinitely.

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

Customers require the effective integration of technologies to simplify their workflow and boost efficiency.

When you have one of the first brains of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back, there are infinite possibilities.

One of the most successful men I have known never carried a watch until he began to earn ten thousand dollars a year.

If you don't ever get out of your comfort zone you will never make it to the end zone!.

The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born when we die.

I love Gossip Girl. I used to hang out with Blake Lively and Jessica Szohr. I'm also addicted to Bravo and reality shows like Top Chef.

If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem.

Good-bye to the lies of the poets. [Lat., Valeant mendacia vatum.]