More Quotes by Voltaire
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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.
You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
Dare to think for yourself.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.
