Whether science-and indeed civilization in general-can long survive depends upon psychology, that is to say, it depends upon what human beings desire.

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.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

Ah! Beautiful Paris! Where smiles bloom on stone.

They're living proof that the 3 stooges had children.

Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers.

I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.

Talk with M. Hermite. He never evokes a concrete image, yet you soon perceive that the more abstract entities are to him like living creatures.

The best part of being on the platform that we are is being able to influence and affect so many people.

What we suffer for is enriched by our suffering until it becomes priceless.

The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.

no one dies happy, you can only die well