More quotes by Voltaire

"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."
"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."
"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 circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere."
"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"