Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

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.

It’s a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age.

The highest reach of a news-writer is an empty Reasoning on Policy, and vain Conjectures on the public Management.

but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.

Giving the reader the space to move around and be active, and encourage their active response is important to me. That will connect the reader more to the text.

We are the other of the other

you have to realize the white-supremacy boys are spoiled children. 'I want my way,' they scream, and like all spoiled children, they advance no justification for it except that it is their way.

Almost every Spirit filled believer is able to prophesy on an inspirational level.

I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.