Francois Arouet Famous Quotes



"In politics I am growing indifferent -- I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home."

"What a terrible time this is to be a Christian. The churches have failed and betrayed us, and the ministry preaches hate and murder. If there is a sane and reasoning voice in the Christian church today it is sadly silent."


Francois Arouet Quotations






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"Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world."
Miguel de Cervantes

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
Samuel Butler

True is it that we have seen better days.
William Shakespeare

Music is the soul of language.
Max Heindel

"Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This is not a paradox, for it is only the strong individual who can frankly concede the sometimes surprising extent of his own dependence."
Robert D Richardson

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to nurture it in solitude and to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.
Erica Jong

Guilt is a rope that wears thin.
Ayn Rand

They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do.
Lyndon B Johnson

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."
E M Forster

Nature is wont to hide herself.
Heraclitus