Inspirational quotes that Salon Voltaire likes

2. “The only difference
between the saint and the
sinner is that every saint
has a past, and every
sinner has a future.”
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde

3. “An ideal form of
government is
democracy tempered
with assassination.”
VoltaireVoltaire

4. “I object to violence
because when it appears to
do good, the good is only
temporary; the evil it does is
permanent.”
GandhiGandhi

5. “Do not be deluded by the
abstract word Freedom. Whose
freedom? Not the freedom of
one individual in relation to
another, but freedom of Capital
to crush the worker.”
Karl MarxKarl Marx

6. “Either you think, or else
others have to think for
you and take power from
you, pervert and discipline
your natural tastes, civilize
and sterilize you.”
F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald

7. “It always seems
impossible until its
done.”
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela

8. “Everything's fine
today, that is our
illusion.“
VoltaireVoltaire

9. “Deception, flattering, lying,
deluding, living in borrowed
splendor, wearing a mask... is so
much the law among men, that
there is almost nothing less
comprehensible, than how a pure
drive for truth arose among
them.”
Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche

10. “Man is defined as a human
being and a woman as a
female - whenever she
imitates the male, she is said
to be a human being.”
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir

11. “Politeness is the art
of choosing among
your thoughts.”
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael

12. “If A is success in
life, then:
A = x + y + z
Work is x; y is play;
and z is keeping your
mouth shut.”
Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein

13. “In Canada, nobody is
ever overthrown
because nobody gives a
damn.”
Mordecai RichlerMordecai Richler

14. “All that we are is the result
of what we have thought.
The mind is everything.
What we think we become.”
BuddhaBuddha

15. “Ideas are more
powerful than guns.
We would not let
our enemies have
guns, why should we
let them have ideas.”
Josef StalinJosef Stalin

16. “A point of view can be
a dangerous luxury when
substituted for insight
and understanding.”
Marshall McLuhanMarshall McLuhan

17. “Everything you can
imagine is real.”
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso

18. “Change happens by
listening and then
starting a dialogue with
the people who are
doing something you
don't believe is right.”
JaneJane GoodallGoodall

19. “I know now that there
is no one thing that is
true - it is all true.”
Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway

20. “Somewhere,
something
incredible is waiting
to be known.”
Carl SaganCarl Sagan

21. “Who looks
outside,
dreams; who
looks inside,
awakes.”
Carl JungCarl Jung

22. “If you fear making
anyone mad, then you
ultimately probe for the
lowest common
denominator of human
achievement.”
JimmyJimmy CarterCarter