The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.

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 do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

I appreciate your thinking on me, marshal, but ain’t no trouble of his what ain’t trouble of mine, too.

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.

I'm a good enough person to forgive you, and you should be a good enough person to not do it again.

If you meet with a system of theology which magnifies man, flee from it as far as you can.

Simply making decisions, one after another, can be a form of art.

I have an airplane hangar with 17 cars in it. That's no joke. I have a 'half pipe' in there, too - you know, like a big ramp, where I skateboard. It's awesome. It's the ultimate fantasy.

I simply like the monumentality of the subjects - the opportunity for metaphor and the varied light that comes with high altitudes.

The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities