You could live without the opera singer, but not without the services of the baker. On this ground you might say that the baker performs a greater service; but no lover of music would agree.

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.

When you have a distaste for what is not yours, you have set the stage for what is yours.

I always listen to NSYNC's "Tearin' Up My Heart." It reminds me to wear a bra.

A few men own from ten thousand to two hundred thousand acres each. The poor Laborer can find no resting place, save on the barren mountain, or in the trackless desert.

Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes.

There are other things that contribute to health besides a balanced diet. There are fresh air and sunlight and lack of nervous tension.

Dare to dream of your great success.

There is nothing more beautiful than living a simple life in this complex universe!

I realize that if I were in that situation - living a hard life with people telling them they're not worthy of love - maybe I would be that strong and that brave.

The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.

It's still pretty surreal. I wake up every day and just pinch myself and kind of think about how far I've come and all the stuff I have done.