Oh, how desperately bored, in spite of their grim determination to have a Good Time, the majority of pleasure-seekers really are!

If only people would realize that moral principles are like measles.... They have to be caught. And only the people who've got them can pass on the contagion.

Science in itself is morally neutral; it becomes good or evil according as it is applied.

Nothing is more dreadful than a cold, unimpassioned indulgence. And love infallibly becomes cold and unimpassioned when it is too lightly made.

The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.

People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is - just be a little kinder.