One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it.

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.

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

Nigeria is one country, one people and one nation.

Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is nature's red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

The highest art of professional management requires the literal ability to 'smell' a 'real fact' from all others.

A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.

Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition.

I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.

I wish I believed I'd see my parents again, see my wife again. But I know it's not going to happen.

The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday.