Voltaire

"We never live; we are always in the expectation of living."

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

"God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh."

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

"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."

"The perfect is the enemy of the good."

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

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

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

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

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

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

"Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it."

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

"Love truth, but pardon error."

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

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

"The ear is the avenue to the heart."

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

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