There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.

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.

What to do with the past? There was so much of it.

To try to be better is to be better.

I like solitary pursuits, such as reading or pottering about in the garden.

Oh thumb, I want a drink it is dark, where are the big people, when will I get there...?

You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies fail to understand what I just said.

Android is ahead of the iPhone now.

Children understand and remember concepts best when they learn from direct personal experience.

My way of looking at the world is that if it is true, it is funny and it is dark. No matter how dark it is, I just think it is funny. I can't help it.

In football, you can never say anything is certain. The benchmark is 38-40 points. That has always been the case. That will never change.

Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.