Voltaire and his quotes
These are some quotes i extracted from Jaspar's entry. The reason why they are brilliant is because they resonate with reasons.
"The Eternal has his designs from all eternity. If prayer is in accord with his immutable wishes, it is quite useless to ask of him what he has resolved to do. If one prays to him to do the contrary of what he has resolved, it is praying that he be weak, frivolous, inconstant; it is believing that he is thus, it is to mock him. Either you ask him a just thing, in which case he must do it, the thing being done without your praying to him for it, and so to entreat him is then to distrust him; or the thing is unjust, and then you insult him. You are worthy or unworthy of the grace you implore: if worthy, he knows it better than you; if unworthy, you commit another crime by requesting what is undeserved. In a word, we only pray to God because we have made him in our image. We treat him like a pasha, like a sultan whom one may provoke or appease."
"The Eternal has his designs from all eternity. If prayer is in accord with his immutable wishes, it is quite useless to ask of him what he has resolved to do. If one prays to him to do the contrary of what he has resolved, it is praying that he be weak, frivolous, inconstant; it is believing that he is thus, it is to mock him. Either you ask him a just thing, in which case he must do it, the thing being done without your praying to him for it, and so to entreat him is then to distrust him; or the thing is unjust, and then you insult him. You are worthy or unworthy of the grace you implore: if worthy, he knows it better than you; if unworthy, you commit another crime by requesting what is undeserved. In a word, we only pray to God because we have made him in our image. We treat him like a pasha, like a sultan whom one may provoke or appease."
"Use, do not abuse... Neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy."
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
Yes to a certain extent. If God does not exist, then He is a necessary creation of humanity
Yes to a certain extent. If God does not exist, then He is a necessary creation of humanity
"It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue."
haha, no comment"To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature."
Maybe people who pray need to understand that praying is a good gesture by practise, but not by principle. It is the strength one gains from praying, and not the realisation of a prayer, that truly matters in reality.
Maybe people who pray need to understand that praying is a good gesture by practise, but not by principle. It is the strength one gains from praying, and not the realisation of a prayer, that truly matters in reality.
"If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor."
"Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson."
if you are a criminal, would you rather be dead or be working and serving? Humanity or individual right to live or die in dignity? should we consider the rights of criminals?
"Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson."
if you are a criminal, would you rather be dead or be working and serving? Humanity or individual right to live or die in dignity? should we consider the rights of criminals?
"In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other."
Agree
Agree
"Man ought to be content, it is said; but with what?"
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