Voltaire

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

__ife is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

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.

Let us work without reasoning,' said Martin; 'it is the only way to make life endurable.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be polite.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

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.