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 good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

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.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.

After so many years, we kept our nearness, by paying with our distance.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

I've got a hold of something that won't move. It's a willingness to keep walking into the next day, open to whatever may turn out to be true that day.

A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.

As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.

If the press see you looking normal they can suddenly be 'oh, she's got a spot on her face, she's having a bad day'. That can be quite cruel.

Do you remember the tsar? Well, I‘m like a tsar.

I'd like to be a bit less pale because I feel like I look sort of ill sometimes.

So why are we practicing this, anyway?" Percy asked. "Do you guys spend a lot of time laying siege to fortified cities?