We must cultivate our own garden. A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do. —Voltaire 81 The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude. —Voltaire...
3. If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.― Voltaire 4. Let us cultivate our garden.― Voltaire Related25 Daisaku Ikeda Quotes From the Japanese Buddhist Philosopher 5. God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the ...
伏尔泰【英文】 Voltaire SECTION 2 ThePhilosophesAdvocateReason BeliefsofthePhilosophes•ThephilosophesareFrenchsocialcriticsinthemid-1700s•Valuereason,nature,happiness,progress,liberty VoltaireCombatsIntolerance•Voltaire—influentialphilosophe,pennameofFrançoisMarieArouet•Publishesmanyworksarguingfortolerance,...
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest. We must distinguish ...
to cultivate ones garden,”a philosophy that rejects excessive optimism and metaphysical speculation in favor of the most basic pragmatism.Filled with wit, intelligence, and an abundance of dark humor, Candide is relentless and unsparing in its attacks upon corruption and hypocrisy?in religion, ...
tocultivateonesgarden,” aphilosophythatrejectsexcessiveoptimismandmetaphysicalspeculation infavorofthemostbasicpragmatism. Filledwithwit,intelligence,andanabundanceofdarkhumor,Candideis relentlessandunsparinginitsattacksuponcorruptionandhypocrisy?in religion,government,philosophy,science,andevenromance.Ultimately, this...
Keep love in your heart. A life without love is like a sunless garden full of wilted flowers. — Oscar Wilde, slightly paraphrased Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu Love does not dominate; it cultivates. — Johann...
B: Have you forgotten that Jean-Jacques, one of the fathers of the modern Church, has said that "the first man who dared enclose and cultivate a piece of land" was the enemy "of the human race," that he should have been exterminated, and that "the fruits of the earth are for all...
伏尔泰【英文】 Voltaire SECTION 2 ThePhilosophesAdvocateReason BeliefsofthePhilosophes•ThephilosophesareFrenchsocialcriticsinthemid-1700s•Valuereason,nature,happiness,progress,liberty VoltaireCombatsIntolerance•Voltaire—influentialphilosophe,pennameofFrançoisMarieArouet•Publishesmanyworksarguingfortolerance,...