All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.

Will is wish, and liberty is power.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

A good action is preferable to an argument.

We offer up prayers to god only because we have made him after our own image. We treat him like a pasha, or a sultan, who is capable of being exasperated and appeased.

Faith consists in believing not what seems true, but what seems false to our understanding.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.