Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.

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.

If you have job, be grateful.

The only two words you should ever say to a mirror are “Hello, Beautiful.

A wise man once said: Forgive and forget its a better choice in life.

Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

Always pack your uniform on top.

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

She could become a spinster, like Emily Dickinson, writing poems full of dashes and brilliance, and never gaining weight.

It might otherwise appear paradoxical that money can be replaced by worthless paper; but that the slightest alloying of its metallic content depreciates it.

If you want to be a photographer, you have to photograph.