There are no sects in geometry. Voltaire More Quotes by Voltaire More Quotes From Voltaire Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct of your life. Voltaire sacrifice wisdom believe Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. Voltaire daughter wise mother Fools admire everything in an author of reputation. Voltaire reputation admire fool True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others. Voltaire greatness powerful understanding Man is free at the instant he wants to be. Voltaire spiritual inspirational life What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists a necessary, eternal, supreme, and intelligent being. This is no matter of faith, but of reason. Voltaire intelligent mind believe The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work. Voltaire addresses style speech Men who have seen life and death... as an unbroken continuum, the swinging pendulum, have been able to move as freely into death as they walked through life. Socrates went to the grave almost perplexed by his companions' tears. Voltaire spiritual men moving In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten. Voltaire anvils hammers men The interest I have to believe a thing is no proof that such a thing exists. Voltaire proof interest believe It is only through timidity that states are lost. Voltaire shyness states lost The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything. Voltaire brevity boredom secret All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers. Voltaire encounters liberty men There can be no happiness without good health Voltaire good-health What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them? Voltaire candide atheism people When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when a man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics. Voltaire speak men philosophy Let us therefore reject all superstition in order to become more human; but in speaking against fanaticism, let us not imitate the fanatics: they are sick men in delirium who want to chastise their doctors. Let us assuage their ills, and never embitter them, and let us pour drop by drop into their souls the divine balm of toleration, which they would reject with horror if it were offered to them all at once. Voltaire doctors men order If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones. Voltaire lawyer law want Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men. Voltaire christian men inspire The best is the enemy of the good. Voltaire learning military inspirational
