The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain.

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.

It all takes time and lessons and places, but I’m learning to listen to my restless heart, telling me to “go, go, go!

You will never know how much progress you’ve made in life until you go back and start from the very beginning”.

I always said I acted like a twelve-year old, so I decided to write like a twelve-year old.

This is the pedagogical paradox. The person and the teacher is required precisely because the knowledge itself is nontransferable from teacher to student.

A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

That was an important development for me, just realizing that you need to follow your pleasure, at least as a painter. I think any kind of artist needs to, no matter what you're doing.

I don't know. I'm really really really nervous.

I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years.

I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left [the gun] upstairs.

President Bush says we've turned the corner in Iraq. What is that, about 16 corners we've turned? I think they call that running in circles.