The "social contract," in the only sense in which it is not completely mythical, is a contract among conquerors, which loses its raison d'être if they are deprived of the benefits of conquest.

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's our choices that matter in the end. Not wishes, not words, not promises.

Love does not exist. There exists the physical need for intercourse, and the rational need for a mate in life.

Human Rights directs my path"~ ~ Minnie Estelle Miller 2011

I would like to go on that path of evolving into a better actor.

There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there, too.

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

A person sometimes can't make a decision unless they know what decision to make.

When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course.

I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'

The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.