Philosophy Quote by Voltaire — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.”

“Morality is everywhere the same for all men, therefore it comes from God; sects differ, therefore they are the work of men.”

“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.”

“Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.”

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

“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”

“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”

“It is curious that the human mind could blindly accept an infinite speed but had reservations to accept a finite one, simply because it was too large!”

“It’s not the drug that causes the junkie it’s the laws that causes the junkie because of course the drug laws means that he can’t go and get help because he is afraid of being arrested. He also can’t have a normal life because the war on drugs has made drugs so expensive and has made drug contracts unenforceable which means they can only be enforced through criminal violence.”

“Here I am...wanting to accomplish something and completely forgetting it must all end--that there is such a thing as death.”

“Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.”

“A miracle is often the willingness to see the common in an uncommon way.”