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

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

“The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.”

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”

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

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”

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

“The testimony of the greatest humans who have ever lived is that the way to make the most of ourselves is by transcending ourselves. We must learn to move beyond self-centeredness to make room within ourselves for others. When you transcend yourself, the fact will be confirmed by the quality of your life. We will attain – even if only momentarily – a transparency and a radiance of being which results from living both within and beyond yourself. This is the promise and the excitement of self-understanding.”

“The immature think that knowledge and action are different, but the wise see them as the same.”

“Love freely, but build wisely.”

“A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.”

“I could feel the gravitational pull of home, which when I'm home too long becomes the gravitational pull of somewhere else.”

“If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.”