The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

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Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

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

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So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

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Those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities.

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Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it

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Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

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The more a man knows, the less he talks.

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