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"You cannot force someone to believe something they do not believe, you can only manage to force them to speak or act as if they do."
"Religion is a non-alcoholic man's alcohol. Alcohol is a non-religious man's religion."
"Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way."
"The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe, the theist believes a 'who' created the universe."
"There is no exit from the circle of one's beliefs."
Explore more quotes by Voltaire
"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."
"Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same."
"Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life."
"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."
"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year."
"We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard."
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