The secret of happiness is to expand your interests as much as possible and to be as kind as possible to the people and things that interest you.
A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom, in the pursuit of truth as in the endeavour after a worthy manner of life.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
幸福的秘訣是:盡量擴(kuò)大你的興趣,對感興趣的人和物盡可能友善。
一個良好的世界需要知識、善良和勇氣;它不需要對過去的后悔,也不需要被無知之人長時間前說過的話所束縛的自由智慧。
你享受浪費(fèi)的時間并不算白白浪費(fèi)。
有人說人是理性的動物。我一生都在尋找可以支持這一說法的證據(jù)。
幸福的秘訣是面對這個世界很可怕的事實(shí)。
恐懼是迷信的主要根源之一,也是殘忍的主要根源之一。征服恐懼是智慧的開始,無論是在追求真理還是在追求高尚生活方式的過程中。
人生來無知,而不是愚蠢;他們是通過教育而變得愚蠢的。
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
In all affairs, it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.