Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Quote by Voltaire

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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

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

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

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also...

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also...

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Prejudice is the reason of fools

Prejudice is the reason of fools

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his...

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his...