“My dear young lady, when you are in love, and jealous, and have been flogged by the Inquisition, there's no knowing what… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“God's only excuse is that He doesn't exist," remarked Voltaire after a natural disaster that killed many people. Nietzsche loved this quote… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I tend to look at the world more from Voltaire's perspective. Incidentally, if you haven't read Candide lately, it's a fabulous book.… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
“An opportunity fordoing an injury happens a hundred times a day, hut for doing good not once a year," says Zoroaster.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell… — Robyn Carr Copy Share Image
“He’s over your head!” He was, but naturally I’d flung myself into the Sea of Voltaire anyway and emerged with nothing more… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
“Carpe diem: Enjoying the "instants" as they emerge. When living is too comfy or glitzy, it may not be easy to appreciate… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the Church,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Voltaire also keenly endorsed Catherine of Russia’s plan to ‘preach tolerance with bayonets at the end of their rifles’ in Poland. Exhorting… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“For all the enlightened nations that profess a loyalty to liberty, democracy, economy and all the rest, there has long been a… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
“I had a veritable mania for finishing whatever I began, which often got me into difficulties. On one occasion I started to… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Twenty years after the death of Luther there were more Catholics than when he was born. And twenty years after the death… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
