"She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying."
- Voltaire
"Let us work without reasoning,' said Martin; 'it is the only way to make life endurable."
"Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game."
"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."
"The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood."
"Perfect is the enemy of good."
"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.", May 16, 1767)"
"It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster."
"The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy."