Voltaire

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

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

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

Your fingers caress my heart strings, shaping a silent sonnet in notes of love. Transcending space and time, bathing the ether in perfect harmony.

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don’t labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.

But lo! men have become the tools of their tools.

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

In nature nothing can be given. All things are sold.

We judge of man’s wisdom by his hope.

The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

If a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Make a good use of the present.

To be mature you have to realize what you value most… Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one’s own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.

What we become depends on what our fathers teach us.