I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O... - Voltaire

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

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."(Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)"

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

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

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