Religion and Science are two aspects of social life, of which the former has been important as far back as we know anything of man

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.

Fictions are merely frozen dreams, linked images with some semblance of structure. They are not to be trusted, no more than the people who create them.

I'd rather be stung to death by a bunch of piss ants. ~Synola Harper, You're Busting My Nuptials

There is truth and knowledge beyond present understanding.

One should only question gods where none but gods can reply.

In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state.

Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.

I think every year you have something to prove.

Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only stupid people or fools would think it was bad.

If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.

The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher.