Voltaire

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

"To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly."

"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible."

"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."

"We never live; we are always in the expectation of living."

"Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity."