Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin, more even than death.

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.

Democracy doesn't mean spreading terror.

I woke in the hour before dawn, stuck in that strange state where the memory of your dreams is still powerful enough to motivate your actions.

A non-GMO Mom is an avid researcher, a conscientious protector, and the most effective teacher of natural health.

Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases

Refine your senses a little more each day; stretch them...your awareness will pierce deeply into your body and into the world.

Satellite in my eyes Like a diamond in the sky How I wonder Satellite strung from the moon And the world your balloon Peeping Tom for the mother station

I don't think that disasters have to be spectacular. They can be a slow corrosion.

Nature is millions of things. And there are millions of ways of understanding its preoccupations.

Design has become the cover for unnecessary consumption.