Voltaire

Ice-cream is exquisite – what a pity it isn’t illegal.

Every great movement must experience three stages ridicule, discussion, adoption.

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

Business is the salt of life.

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

Broken, like a mosaic, I am pieced together. I am still a piece of art, though I may not be fully appreciated by all, the ones that see the beauty, are the ones who have the understanding; gained through experience, that to break, doesn’t mean to give up.

Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

You are perfect. An exquisitely fine work of art, labor of love, suspended in silence. Bejeweled, trembling, kissed by a breeze, mesmerized by your beauty. You await in silence, beckoning me to a silken-wrapped slumber.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.

There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.

Self-denial is not a virtue, it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.

According to this law [the law of Dharma], you have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it. There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world–and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs. When these needs are matched with the creative expression of your talent, that is the spark that creates affluence. Expressing your talents to fulfill needs creates unlimited wealth and abundance.

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