Custom, law bent my first years to the religion of the happy Muslims. I see it too clearly: the care taken of our childhood forms our feelings, our habits, our belief. By the Ganges I would have been a slave of the false gods, a Christian in Paris, a Muslim here.
VoltaireYou have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.
VoltaireIf you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.
Voltaire