The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
VOLTAIREIf God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
More Voltaire Quotes
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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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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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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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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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