Thomas Paine

I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

We are proud to have a platform through the Dr Phil show and the Dr. Phil Foundation to offer children the voice they need to meet their goals in having a better life.

The men of always aren’t interested in the children of never.

The partnership of mind and matter is one which has existed since the beginning of time and cannot be dissolved.

With all the wealth of the world at hand, there are human beings who hunger, whole nations who suffer cold. The judgment for this condition, for misusing Nature’s gifts, is the judgment upon man’s failure, man’s unsteadiness. Leadership is the thing.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Every loss of life is terrible.

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied – whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.

The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and gilded forms of charitable and unselfish lying.

People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.

Smugglin’ that by me? That’s like tryin’ to smuggle sunrise past a rooster.

Many people are busy trying to find better ways of doing things that should not have to be done at all. There is no progress in merely finding a better way to do a useless thing.

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.

Without risk, there isn’t any living communication.

Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching.

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.