Voltaire

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

Voltaire

Love truth, but pardon error.

Voltaire

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Voltaire

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

Voltaire

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

Voltaire

Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.

Voltaire

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

Voltaire

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

Voltaire

Mortals are equal; their mask differs.

Voltaire

Music is the pathway to the heart.

Voltaire