Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
VoltaireHe was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
VoltaireWhen his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?
VoltaireAnimals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
Voltaire