He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
VOLTAIREMan is free at the instant he wants to be.
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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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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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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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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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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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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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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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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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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Common sense is not so common.
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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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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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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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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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