Humanistic ethics is based on the principle that only humans themselves can determine the criterion for virtue and not an authority transcending us.

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.

The heights by men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight But they while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night.

Once you shake hands with the devil, you have to accept they are in control.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

We cannot hate those who we despise.

The aim of torture is to destroy a person as a human being, to destroy their identity and soul. It is more evil than murder.

Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to be a writer can afford to indulge in it.

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

Unrequited love is bad, but unrequitable love can really get you down.

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.