I believe in the Golden Rule – The Man with the Gold… Rules.

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, – till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

Things do not change; we change.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

Man is not a machine that can be remodelled for quite other purposes as occasion demands, in the hope that it will go on functioning as regularly as before but in a quite different way. He carries his whole history with him; in his very structure is written the history of mankind.

As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn’t be admissible.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.

The brain is wider than the sky.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people – more just, more moral, more sensitive, more understanding. Perhaps that is true – in certain rare, isolated cases.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it’s perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

Christians are not limited to any church.

I have discovered that just because we grow weaker physically as we age, it doesn’t mean that we must grow weaker spiritually.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

I know now that there is no one thing that is true – it is all true.

Theology is unnecessary.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

It’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.

Modesty is the color of virtue.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we’re atheist. Our existence is beyond our understanding. No one has an answer.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

Science is but an image of the truth.

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.