Moore, George Edward

"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and bonds to our present."

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes."

"Your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life."

"The aim of philosophy is to understand the world, not merely to describe it."

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

"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 paradise in a few years."

"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."

"The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, is the touchstone of the highest excellence."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."

"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."

"A man is a rational animal, or so at least we hope."

"The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life."

"The demand for certainty is one which is natural to science, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice."

"The moment you admit that you possess a certain kind of knowledge you are claiming an authority to which you are not entitled."

"The world needs open hearts and open minds, not closed dogmas."

"Freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an unwanted repetition of the past."

"If all the people who believe in immortality were to disappear, it would be no loss to the world."

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."

"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out."

"The greatest challenge in life is to become who you truly wish to be."

"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty."

"Love is wise; hatred is foolish."

"The capacity for friendship is a supreme gift of nature."

"There is something strangely moving about unused potential."

"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."

"To understand the actual world as it is, we must begin from desire, not from intellect alone."

"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation."

"Do not fear to live boldly; the world is hungry for authentic action."