"Discord is the great ill of mankind;..." - Quote by Voltaire

“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”

“Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.”

“Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.”

“A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.”

“It may seem unrealistic to think we can ever become free from hatred, but Buddhists have systematic methods for gradually developing a tolerance powerful enough to give such freedom.”

“When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, and dignified as a king. Immersed in wonder, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.”

“The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.”

“If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.”

“I put in my pictures everything I like. So much the worse for the things - they have to get along with one another.”