Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly, quality.

Whatever the truth is about the extent to which truth is respected in the future, it is going to depend partly on what we do. More important than making predictions is doing things which help bring about this respect.

Justice can only be dispensed when you have all the facts in front of you.

If I hammer my own thumb while doing some DIY, it's not nice, but it's not the end of the world. To care obsessively about similar levels of discomfort in animals seems to be a case of mistaken moral priorities.

From time to time, it is worth wandering around the fuzzy border regions of what you do, if only to remind yourself that no human activity is an island.

There is such a thing as fanaticism, it is always wrong, and if you disagree, you're wrong too.

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.