Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
VOLTAIREDiscord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Dare to think for yourself.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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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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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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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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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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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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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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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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