Voltaire

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

Always seeking acceptance from others, searching for belonging. Striving for individuality, yet wanting to fit in. Never understanding that acceptance for one’s own individuality make all of that redundant.

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm

It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual; it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.

The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub ‘Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you’. She says, ‘Toughen up, this is reality we are living in’.

Many might go to Heaven with half the labor they go to hell.

There’s much more stupidity than there is malice in the world.

If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine.

Woman is a ray of God. She is not that earthly beloved: she is creative, not created.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Europe extends to the Alleghenies; America lies beyond.