Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It’s tough to do that when we’re terrified about what people might see or think.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I’ll go for the gross-out. I’m not proud.

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.

History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.

It’s important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it’s been possible, and that window could be open for a long time – hopefully it is – or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.

I’ve learned people are watching, so don’t do nothing stupid.

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

There is no sin except stupidity.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

I have this feeling that the world is not in balance. And people are afraid, but we’re also starting to be really brave.

It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

I have an expression I use as I’ve gone around the world through my career: ‚You never tell another man or woman what’s in their interest. They know their interest better than you know their interest.‘

The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego’s fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

We are wiser than we know.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

That’s what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he’s wise.