"History should be written as philosophy...." - Quote by Voltaire

“It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.”

“The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.”

“The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.”

“The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books.”

“There was a time when "sound as a dollar" was a description, not a joke.”

“To me there is no past or future in my art. If a work of art cannot live always in the present it must not be considered at all. The art of the Greeks, of the Egyptians, of the great painters who lived in other times, is not an art of the past; perhaps it is more alive today than it ever was.”

“O my brothers, am I then cruel? But I say: that which is falling should also be pushed!”

“There is no such thing as 'Gandhism', and I do not want to leave any sect after me.”

“Who is better, they who promote truth over happiness, or happiness over truth?”