Men argue. Nature acts.
VOLTAIREThe longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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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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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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Common sense is not so common.
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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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