What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The atheists are for the most part imprudent and misguided scholars who reason badly who, not being able to understand the Creation,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Opinion is called the queen of the world; it is so, for when reason opposes it, it is condemned to death. It… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Clearly,” I said, “we should choose not to have good sense, if that good sense contributes to our misery.” Everyone agreed with… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The system of Descartes... seemed to give a plausible reason for all those phenomena; and this reason seemed more just, as it… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Perhaps, if I use my reason in good faith, I may suceed in discovering some ray of probability to lighten me in… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Everything happens through immutable laws, ...everything is necessary... There are, some persons say, some events which are necessary and others which are… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. — Voltaire Copy Share
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude. — Voltaire Copy Share
Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion. — Voltaire Copy Share
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them — Voltaire Copy Share
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? — Voltaire Copy Share
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. — Voltaire Copy Share
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. — Voltaire Copy Share
Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life — Voltaire Copy Share
Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. — Voltaire Copy Share
