While economics is about how people make choice, sociology is about how they don't have any choice to make.

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.

Seek the prosperity of thy soul.

Because that's what Hermione does, ' said Ron, shrugging. 'When in doubt, go to the library.

There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

There is absolutely no scientific basis or evidence for 'intelligent design.' It is simply a religious assertion, and it has no place in a science course.

Success is something you attract by the person you become. If you want to have more, you must become more.

My focus is on always trying to treat the inevitable highs and lows of life with the same blissful, calm energy.

Design is not art. Design is utilitarian, art is not.

Fame is proof that the people are gullible.

I make no bones about the fact that India matters to me, and I would like to matter to India.