Voltaire

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

I’ve learned that from my husband, that sort of, you know, ability to not get too high or too low with changes and bumps in the road.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.