There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are.

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

The vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind

If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.

Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing

Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages

Those who do not confront evil resent those who do.

Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.

I have gazed so much on beautythat my eyes overflow with it.

You can’t always have the full picture to everything in life, you'll only learn as you make more mistakes.

Ty, my boy, here's what you tell them. Say it quietly, and sincerely, and like it's the most important thing anyone ever uttered. Tell them, 'Jesus loves you. But I'm his favorite.

The very point that you are not likened by somebody in proof of your authenticity and uniqueness.

Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.

Human beings are amazing at finding ways to waste their own time.

We need to start prioritizing people, not polar bears.

One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.

The doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place is open to him as a servant.

We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the things that prevent us from doing so.