1,052 Quotes by Voltaire

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

What's optimism? said Cacambo. Alas, said Candide, it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

I tried to believe in God, but I confess to you that God meant nothing in my life, and that in my secret heart I too felt a void where my childhood faith had been. But probably this feeling belongs only to individuals in transition. The grandchildren of these pessimists will frolic in the freedom of their lives, and have more happiness than poor Christians darkened with fear of Hell.

The heart has its own reasons that reason can't understand.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

A witty saying proves nothing.

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.