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.

Has someone or something pushed your anxiety button? Answer it with prayer!

A truth that's told with bad intent - beats all the lies you can invent.

I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.

It's been a long time since I asked anything of heaven, and my arms still haven't come down.

Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution.

The principles now being discovered at work in the brain may provide, in the future, machines even more powerful than those we can at present foresee.

For a few minutes of every day, every man becomes a genius. This is the tragedy of life.

A shaft of white light used properly can be far more effective than all the color in the world used indiscriminately.

Exploring the thought process through visual journaling is essential in a world that is in continuous change.

Diesel pioneered the idea of luxury denim, and we still drive this market. But it encompasses more: the consumers love the brand, the lifestyle, the mentality of Diesel.