Voltaire
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth21 November 1694
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
positive-thinking world pandoras-box
All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
thinking world
Those who think are excessively few; and those few do not set themselves to disturb the world.
thinking mind killing
There's scarce a point whereon mankind agree - So well as in their boast of killing me; I boast of nothing, but when I've a mind - I think I can be even with mankind
taken thinking blood
It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.
funny men thinking
There are men who can think no deeper than a fact.
positive-thinking ancestry needs
Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
depression thinking bipolar
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
wise thinking heaven
He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.
yoga thinking meditation-practice
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
thinking dare think-for-yourself
Dare to think for yourself.
inspirational running positive-thinking
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
inspirational thinking-of-you knowledge
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.
men thinking mad
Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
life thinking consolation
The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.