The immense majority of intellectually eminent men disbelieve in the Christian religion, but they conceal the fact in public, because they are afraid of losing their incomes.

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.

Pleasured equallyIn seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seekingAnd finding.

And with this frailty of mind, society in general acts like the petulant child in the sandbox, relational aggression occasionally frothing above the surface.

We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.

I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.

Being an editor has been a source of great satisfaction, but writing is the thing I truly love.

The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid.

The person that takes over needs to have the skills to manage that ... I believe Andrea [Leadsom] has the edge.

Starting our day off with a dose of negativity can have lasting effects.

When you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently.

How terrible it was to love people when you could not really share their lives!