"I hold firmly to my original views...." - Quote by Voltaire

“Men who have seen life and death... as an unbroken continuum, the swinging pendulum, have been able to move as freely into death as they walked through life. Socrates went to the grave almost perplexed by his companions' tears.”

“Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.”

“Shakespeare is a drunken savage with some imagination whose plays please only in London and Canada.”

“The substance of the universe is obedient and compliant; and the reason which governs it has in itself no cause for doing evil, for it has no malice, nor does it do evil to anything, nor is anything harmed by it. But all things are made and perfected according to this reason.”

“If I knew what the meaning of art was, I wouldn't tell you.”

“Schopenhauer has analysed the pessimism that characterize modern thought, but Hamlet invented it”

“Learning is the first step in making positive changes within yourself. Other factors are conviction, determination, action & effort. Learning & education help develop conviction about the need to change & increase your commitment. Conviction then develops into determination. Next, strong determination leads to action: a sustained effort to implement the changes. This final factor of effort is critical.”

“But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world.”

“Does not the discipline of the scientific spirit just commence when one no longer harbours any conviction?”