This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.

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 will all be over in 2 weeks

The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike.

In life, you have two choices: Do you control your life… or not? Are you the driver or the passenger? Do you make stuff happen, or let stuff to happen?

If I wasn't a professional scientist, I'd be an amateur scientist. But plan B was to go into computers.

For Christmas every year, my mother used to give me those cheap little diaries that would tell your horoscope and provide a little blank slot for each day.

In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

We can only love what we know.

I am single and not looking to be in a relationship.

Everyone should dance more. Everyone should walk more.

It's hard to wake from a nightmare when the nightmare is real.