“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
Voltaire · The Age of Louis XIV, 1752
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“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.”
Voltaire · Letter to Frederick the Great, 1767
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
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“We must cultivate our garden.”
Voltaire · Candide, 1759
“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs.”
Leo Tolstoy
“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.”
Leo Tolstoy · The First Step, 1892
“The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”
Leo Tolstoy · A Confession, 1882
“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”
Leo Tolstoy · A Calendar of Wisdom, 1908
“Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal aims of humanity.”
Leo Tolstoy · War and Peace, 1869
“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
Leo Tolstoy · Anna Karenina, 1878
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
Leo Tolstoy · War and Peace, 1869
“There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth.”
Leo Tolstoy · War and Peace, 1869
