Voltaire

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

"We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one"

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

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

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

"Love truth, but pardon error."

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

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

"It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge."

"The ear is the avenue to the heart."

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

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

"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything."

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."