The key to happiness is accepting one unpleasant reality every day.

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.

Your mind is an entire world, your heart is an entire cosmos, and your soul is an entire universe.

When human consciousness stops fooling itself and looks at the situation straight on, it can't cope.

Based on my experience, I believe that Ben Sasse has the right policy background, a notable commitment to public service - and, perhaps most importantly, the courage - to help renew our country.

Every painting I've ever done has like 100 paintings under it.

The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always.

When you know a place, your feet have walked it so many times there's a comfort to it.

I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.

Most young people today prefer just to move in together and stay together as long, but no longer, as satisfaction lasts.