Voltaire

"L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'être."

"There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."

"The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy."

"I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion."

"I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil."

"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."

"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

"L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'être."

"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 cars in order to win the game."

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

"It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster."

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."

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

"Love truth, but pardon error."

"S'il n'existait pas Dieu il faudrait l'inventer."(If God did not exist he would have to be invented.)"

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

"He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked."

"God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere."