French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.
To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly.
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
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.
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.