It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VOLTAIREUncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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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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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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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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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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