I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition and religion. The most immediate impact of living as a Humanist is that we believe this life is all there is - so what we do and the choices we make really count.

I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying, 'How To Be Happy, by Stephen Fry: Guaranteed Success'. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say, 'Stop feeling sorry for yourself--and you will be happy.'

I want you to know that you are not alone in your being alone.

There can't be that many individual souls. Not souls like mine. There isn't room. There can't be.

Money and fame are trashy and don't guarantee happiness, but we all refuse really to know it.

We always make the mistake, the fatal mistake in the case of military people, of imagining that each war will be a kind of version of the one that happened previously.