Voltaire

Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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

She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

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

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be polite.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.