More from Voltaire
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
VoltaireVoltaire Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
VoltaireVoltaire Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
VoltaireVoltaire Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
VoltaireVoltaire To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
VoltaireVoltaire He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
VoltaireVoltaire 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.
VoltaireVoltaire She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
VoltaireVoltaire It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
VoltaireVoltaire One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
VoltaireVoltaire Injustice in the end produces independence.
VoltaireVoltaire Minds differ still more than faces.
VoltaireVoltaire Men argue. Nature acts.
VoltaireVoltaire Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
VoltaireVoltaire Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
VoltaireVoltaire Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on guilty
Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
LivyLivy When grace moves in guilt moves out.
Max LucadoMax Lucado My mother could make anybody feel guilty – she used to get letters of apology from people she didn’t even know.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers Before you judge me. I plead guilty.
Lil WayneLil Wayne Have the courage to be exactly who you are without apology. Admit your mistakes without beating yourself up. Release all shame! Release all guilt! You cannot live if you are hiding behind what was. Focus on what is, right now, and that is you!
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt or angry. Holding on to pain, anger, guilt or shame is the glue that binds us to the situation we want to escape.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant You don’t care if I’m guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life.
Ray LewisRay Lewis Your guilty all the same. Too sick to be ashamed. You want to point the finger, but there’s no one else to blame.
Linkin ParkLinkin Park