I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIREMeditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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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.
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Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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