Stephen Fry Quotes

Science cannot destroy the consciousness of freedom, without which there is no morality and no art, but it can refute it.

God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.

You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

I think most people live in a space where they are looking for meaning in life and good in the world and that is not necessarily reflected in straight news coverage right now.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

The meaning of life... I think the meaning of life is, I think it's love.

I'm enormously interested to see where neuroscience can take us in understanding these complexities of the human brain and how it works, but I do think there may be limits in terms of what science can tell us about what does good and evil mean anyway, and what are those concepts about?

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human duty. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than physics.

Happiness means nothing to me. I just want to have meaning and purpose.

I think that evil is a spiritual engine in our world, our lives, our universe, that functions in order to create good.

value exists only where there is consciousness. Where nothing ever is felt, nothing matters.

Three is the number of those who do holy work; Two is the number of those who do lover's work; One is the number of those who do perfect evil Or perfect good.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Nothing matters except life and the love you make.

The way to overcome evil is to love something that is good.

Does religion fill a much needed gap? It is often said that there is a God-shaped gap in the brain which needs to be filled: we have a psychological need for God -- imaginary friend, father, big brother, confessor, confidant -- and the need has to be satisfied whether God really exists or not. But could it be that God clutters up a gap that we'd be better off filling with something else? Science, perhaps? Art? Human friendship? Humanism? Love of this life in the real world, giving no credence to other lives beyond the grave?

He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world.

Love gives life purpose and meaning.

What we call evil is the absence of Light, of love, in all cases.

This World will always continue to be a mixture of Good and Evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to Love even the wrongdoer.

It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life.

To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an aim and meaning to existence as well as a knowledge, understanding, love, and admiration for the world. It gives a deeper meaning to morality and another dimension to esthetics.