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.
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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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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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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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.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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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 happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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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.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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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.
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