Voltaire Quotes, Angel Quotes, Air Quotes

It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Angel Quotes , Air Quotes

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him; let us worship God through Jesus if we must - if ignorance has so far prevailed that this name can still be spoken in all seriousness without being taken as a synonym for rapine and carnage. Every sensible man, every honourable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Christian Quotes , Jesus Quotes

Descartes constructed as noble a road of science, from the point at which he found geometry to that to which he carried it, as Newton himself did after him. ... He carried this spirit of geometry and invention into optics, which under him became a completely new art.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Art Quotes , Science Quotes

What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Power Quotes , Thinking Quotes

A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Atheism Quotes , Clergymen Quotes

To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Pleasure Quotes , Enjoy Quotes

The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Writing Quotes , Facts Quotes

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Life Quotes

Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Mean Quotes , Letters Quotes

But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Mean Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Truth Quotes , Fruit Quotes

Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Work Quotes , Evil Quotes

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Thinking Of You Quotes

If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Cutting Quotes , Land Quotes

What can I hope when all is right?

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Atheism Quotes

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Gossip Quotes , Waiting Quotes

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

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Funny Quotes , Hilarious Quotes

To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Heart Quotes , Caress Quotes

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Heart Quotes , Paradise Quotes

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

4 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Generosity Quotes , Empathy Quotes