The supreme maxim in scientific philosophising is this: wherever possible, logical constructions are to be substituted for inferred entities.

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.

Only indiscriminate love can make us free.

You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because ugly motives are all you understand.

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.

You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable.

The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.

I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.

None but God is wise.

What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

Try squeezing a handful of water, and see how quickly it disappears. But relax and let your hand flow in the same water, and you have the experience of the water as long as you like.

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.