To fear love is to fear life and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.

Being yourself is very sexy, you know?

I don't see a difference between the big screen and the small one. We are entertainers, and the medium doesn't matter.

In one hand I have a dream, and in the other I have an obstacle. Tell me, which one grabs your attention?

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead

America needs a commander in chief, not a global community organizer.

A harmonious design requires that nothing be added or taken away.

No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own.

My wife can't cook at all. She made chocolate mousse. An antler got stuck in my throat.