My favorite: “If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.” ~ Voltaire Here and now, we are not allowed to question political correctness.
Yes you are. You're doing it right now. Don't confuse "you're not allowed to do it" with "what you're doing isn't the most popular thing to do". Visit North Korea and see the difference in action if you're still confused.
@@Mark73 Hmmph. I just did a Google searth and found... You are completely right. I stand corrected. Unfortunate this qoute came from such a source, but i find it no less true.
@@bigbackman3609 Anonymously. On a Google platform. That's rich. I'm not the greatest fan of some of the excesses of political correctness these days, and I feel perfectly comfortable saying it. However, many people want to be full racist in plain sight and use the same argument as to why they can't, even though it's been decades at least since that was fine in most social environments. I've never known it to be that way and I'm in my forties. (For the record - I'm not saying 0P is being racist at. all.) That is why I find myself often on the side of defending PC. But all I want to do is give a nuanced opinion. That's pretty hard in today's scream-my-one-sentence-opinion-all-over-the-place-culture. What I'm arguing is, the screamers on all sides are a far bigger threat to freedom of expression than PC is and ever will be.
What a gifted man. I have read most of his work. My friends never stop reading because it is a pathway to knowledge that allows us to understand the human experience without doing it.
"A state can be no better than the citizens of which it is composed" Remember this when you claim that all politicians are corrupt, because politicians come from the people, and if the politicians are corrupt then so are the people.
It's hard to find time to watch what happens in the house but it's funny when someone wins a seat when they clearly weren't supposed to it's either they fall in line or start screaming about the corruption as best they can.
Politicians are not voted in by the people they are put there by the controlling elite. The people are given a choice of one or the other political party candidates who are both committed to continuing the ruling 1%ideology. If we truly had a choice we wouldn't be in this mess.
@@butbutmybutt if one white man lynch a black man, does it mean all while man is evil? Then how come if you assume correctly some BLM people burn then All are collectively guilty?
@@weiskl887 Problem is, is that the autopsy report revealed that Floyd did not even have bruises on his neck. He died from an overdose of Fentanyl, which causes pressure on the lungs (I can't breathe!). Meanwhile the co founder of BLM started out as a poor marxist, and now she owns 4 houses and lives in an all white neighborhood. You got played.
So what? A socialist is allowed possessions. Oh, wait - you're actually jealous, aren't you? Floyd was suffocated; I suppose you were at the autopsy and understood what was going on; or maybe you just pulled your opinion out of your arse?
I imagine Voltaire to have been a very sarcastic person, who's intentions were to go against the evil actions of the politicians of that time and fight social obscenities like bigotry.
"it is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they killed in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." One of the best ever heard.
@@Me-ul7sm Kinda means that powerful people like generals and kings invade other kingdoms and kill just for their own glory and Don't get punished for their crimes since they have a large following. I think this is what it meant. Not sure tho
'tis the Primate Rationale that manifests - more recently welded to the corporate nation-state and (for longer) some religious and monarchical traditions. iow, de facto fascism is alive and kicking....ironically, in the form of more and more socialism. Mussolini was a big-time Marxist just prior to his embrace of Fascism.
1:47 *"The Comfort of the Rich Depends Upon an Abundant Supply of the Poor"* 2:03 *"Don't Think Money Does Everything or You are Going to End Up Doing Everything For Money"* balance this with Peter Drucker 1954 quote ... *Money is NOT Everything But its SOMETHING ESSENTIAL* .... *“Profit is like oxygen. You need it to survive, but if you think that oxygen is the purpose of your life then you're missing something”* .
So better to let a Hitler or a Dahmer go?? Not sure their victims would agree. I think there is an assumption here that we have to do one or the other. How about we remove the Hitler's from society and free there future victims from a horrible fate. At the same time let's try to be sure we don't condemn the innocent in the process.
@@m.c.martin it's a matter of numbers. If Hitler had died during WWI 6 million people would not have been tortured and died. We have DNA now so let's be sure that they are guilty, by all means. But to say it is better to let a guilty man go because he might be innocent is to show a lack of responsibility to his potentially future victims. I understand what you are saying but it is not that simple. Life's problems rarely are.
“It is forbidden to kill, therefore all murders are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of Trumpets.” 😂 my favorite one because it’s true. It’s only ok if you go to war.
Or to the sound of aero-engines - you can rain bombs down onto towns where families are sleeping - and as long as there's a 'official' war on, that makes it all OK.
@@m.c.martin yes but theres a huge difference between being a uniformed soldier who fights for his country and being a lunatic who goes around stalking the night looking for innocent and defenseless people to murder for his own sick pleasure. soldiers kill other soldiers. they're both trained, armed, and they both know what they got themselves into when they accepted the responsibility of fighting for their nation.
@@trolltalwar That still goes against religion. Religion doesn’t justify murder or killing, yet war is revered. All killing is punished, unless it’s a war
Voltaire was definitely a know it all. Half of his quotes are about how he is clearly smarter than all, and has acquired the right to judge of all the lesser being around him. smh
@lygophile Smart people don't waste their time talking about how stupid animals are or how much greater they are than ants, which would be the mark of a proud and intellectually insecure person. It may only be a millionth of the stuff he said but it is a fine summary of what he said, and a reflection of his overgrown ego.
I use the "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" (or, amended to: can get you to accept their atrocities) quote when speaking to people about out current covidiocy situation. Voltaire is by far my favorite philosopher. So many of his quotes apply now more than ever before.
“Cherish those that seek truth” “But be wary of those that find it” That is very profound imho. The American people despise the truth and that transcends race and gender.
Renown historian Will Durant introduced me to François-Marie Arouet ("Voltaire") in "The Story of Philosophy". Voltaire's "Brahmin's Tale", as retold by Durant, resonates with me still.
Though it's not strictly a philosophy and not included in the above collection, the quotation of Voltaire's that most resonates with me is "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Seems we'd all do well to heed that, and now more than ever before.
Its better if women tell you what they mean rather than a man telling you what they mean. Women aren't cloned just as men aren't duplicates of each other. Just like men some women have character and just like men some women don't. When some women say no they mean ... no.
Women hardly tell you the truth. If you ask, what's wrong? Nothing. Hungry? No. It's there something you like? No, it's ok, I'm fine. The list is endless. Ah, if they say I saw something at this store! Translation: I'm buying it and don't say a word!
1:15 I cant think of a single time I have seen my reflection in someone's eyes. And mirrors are actually useful sometimes, like when removing something from your eyes. But most of these quotes I agree with
You're taking this too literally, the first part of the quote is a shock statement to give everything more of an impact. Of course mirrors are useful, but they can be counterproductive when misused, like when judging your own worth. In the second part, I don't think he's talking about reflection in the physical sense, but about how others see you vs how you see yourself. Your capability to see/judge yourself is inherently biased while others can see/judge you more accurately. Of course there are exceptions for this too. The main purpose of these quotes are to give you food for thought, new perspectives, rules of thumb, delivered in an artfully crafted way.
I’m all about Voltaire! 👍🏽 To me when he stated: “The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else’s eyes” he means with your “heart eyes” or the eyes of love. Because love is truth laid bare. You see all the flaws equally with the virtues-and still you cherish. 💚
@@dinsel9691 well, guess you ran into someone (or maybe you are that someone?) who couldn’t deal with the flaws! Suppose that depends on what KIND OF FLAWS. 👀
@@yvettemarshallTWN It's not really to do with love. I get where you're coming from with that interpretation, you're a romantic, but it doesn't work logically. When a woman loves a man (or man loves a man, or man loves a woman, or attack helicopter loves a giraffe, whatever... ), she doesn't love him for who he really is, but for what she believes him to be. She loves an idealised version of him she created in her own mind that he will, inevitably, fail to live up to. That is what causes the vast majority of relationship issues and breakups. It's kinda sad. Men aren't free from guilt of having an idealised vision of her either. Shit goes both ways. A man viewing another man, on the other hand, sees the monster in himself and then places those impurities upon any other man he sees. So he will most likely see the worst version of himself in other men, or something close to it. That's why it's occasionally said that when men hate eachother, it's because they see things they hate about themselves, whether they share or lack a particular trait or asset the other has. Neither offers a truly accurate reflection of you. Merely either side of the same coin, idealised and exaggerated to some degree. Looking at yourself from the eyes of another, to look outside of yourself and turn your gaze back, it means to imagine what others would see. "If I saw me and I wasn't me, what would I see..." It's means to be self critical, to look at your past self and say "he was a... ", and strive to be better today, to become someone else. In a positive sense. It's not about love, it's self improvement. I guess you could say self love, but as an immature individual I would be unable to keep a straight face with such terminology.
@@djinnxx7050 Immature individuals aren’t mature enough to speak on love, sense what they most likely saw and experienced was offered by others who were also twisted up about the emotion. You may call me a romantic who has her feet firmly planted in reality (in astrology my relationship energy is Venus in Capricorn, (7th house-courtship); basically, Saturn. Saturn also rules my marriage energy (8th house-Aquarius)-which makes me unconventional yet devoted in both these areas. Look it up). Logic is the last refuge of those who fear the truth of love. It’s not unicorns and cupcakes, love’s looking at yourself, seeing your truth, and yes loving-esteeming, having compassion for what you regard. This doesn’t happen in a vacuum, it must be practiced, sometimes in the eyes of another, where no lies can survive. Love is radical and only for those brave enough to look directly into it’s eyes.
@@yvettemarshallTWN You lost me the moment you started talking about astrology. I mean, i'm the immature one who isn't mature enough to speak on love, and then you start talking about astrology... If only irony could kill.
"The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of reason" Can you think of any politician who took this to heart? "People were kissing and hugging - there was a lot of love in that crowd"
I don't know who you are referencing in particular, I assume it's Trump, but I can think of many politicians and political activists from all across the political spectrum, many members of the mainstream media, as well as modern political/social movements the Voltaire quote would apply to.
@@RoberttAvro Yes, Trump was the one who came to my mind when I read that Voltaire quote - but the Trump quotation that I highlighted - about the "love" between demonstrators and police on Jan-06 was one of the more extreme and ridiculous quotes - but Trump has made a _modus operandi_ out of repeating lies with the expectation that if people hear them enough, they will take them to heart - and indeed, it's an aphorism that seems to work among his followers. There is no evidence of a "stolen" election, but most of his followers seem to believe it was stolen - simply because their leader (who they trust) has said so - and said so, and said so - and, of course, becuse it is in their interests to believe it. It's something to do with the human psyche - when we hear things from trusted sources, we tend to believe them - children hear about Santa Clause from their parents; grown-ups hear about the immaculate conception from church elders. There's no proof of it - who examined her? But a 17 yearf old girl, possibly facing a stoning for being pregnant before marriage, says "I don't know how this happened. I'm a virgin - honest!" - and millions of people believe it fervently. And, of course, there have been several notable scientific hoaxes that have been believed because they were published by trusted scientists - that have fooled the wider scientific community - at least for a while. Let's face it, we're easily taken in - especially by an experienced taker innerer.
@@dennis-xw8rp Yes, you're right. I got my terms mixed up. The point in was making is that humans will believe anything if the right person tells them - Santa Claus and the virgin birth being two cases in point. Other cases are manifold.
Church people. He was a Freemason. "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" is a direct shot at the church and its absurd dogma.
As the quotes were being read I could immediately put everyone of them in context to today, but more so how anyone who used those quotes would be shouted down by politicians, the media and the rest of the lemmings our society has become
@@theblackflame4002 Then I count myself lucky that I don't care one bit what society thinks. At least of all those politicians who talk too much because they think it makes them look clever and emptheaded lowlifes who are to lazy to even bother to do research and critizise things simply because they can. If you go along with that you'll lose your individuality and be like everyone else.
Well put. And I hope when this world emplodes, there are enough of his scattered papers left to enlighten the next colony of civilization that inhabits our remains.
I agree with every statement except for the first one. "Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." people have been killed for reading, as have they killed by dancing. the very existence of reading itself is an act of harm upon our world, for what do we read upon but the resources which we take without giving. and dancing causes vibrations that have set off more than one deadly butterfly effect, I'm sure.
"The only way to comprehend what mathmaticians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extend of human stupidity" Now I know where Einstein got the Idea from. Old plagiarist 😉. R.I.P Albert.
The one profound mistake is his quote "Cherish those that seek the truth, but beware those that find it." Its pride that thinks its noble to wander in the desert for wisdom, but sees foolishness in anyone who actually claims to have found any profit in doing so.
Very true. It reminds me of a quote of C.S. Lewis's that I have always liked, from THE GREAT DIVORCE: "To travel hopefully is better than to arrive." "If that were true, and known to be true, how could anyone travel hopefully? There would be nothing to hope for."
@@stephenbarringer235 An interesting fact about Voltaire; he claimed that Sir Isaac Newton's faith had made him mad. After Voltaire's death his home was used as a place to print Bibles. God always wins.
@lygophile But it insures a view that all people that claim to have an answer are viewed as disingenuous and you have no trustworthy guides. If any religion is true you can not in good faith accept it and you're doomed to the wilderness.
@lygophile If you were starving to death and there were 100 foods in front of you and 99 were poison would you want some help finding the right one or just choose to perish to avoid making an error. Many religions say that failure to choose right has eternal consequences. If one of those is true it makes sense to seek out those that claim to know rather than huddling with those that think that truth is unknowable. To not try is to literally forfeit your soul.
@lygophile I could tell you that I'm fully convinced in the truth of Christianity, beyond the facts that eliminate many faiths or those that confirm it that I could point to, but subjective experience is only persuasive to the one experiencing it. My point is to convince you that the danger of ignoring the issue of eternity is higher risk that trying and failing. If there is a God of mercy that requires anything of you He's more likely to aid in your efforts if you aren't fatalistic or apathetic to the thought of making the most major question of your life a priority.
I'm French too but I find maybe missing better quotes than some of these. Voltaire was very bright and witty. Some regret his cynicism, but what a talent for emphasizing hypocrisy.
To all in France, please forgive Laurent for not capitalizing the "f" in French. And for all French, thank you for your contribution. to the kissing empire.
Well you shouldn't be. Go and look all moody smoking outside a café shop whilst wearing your little beret and onion necklace, and stripey sweater, and then eat a bicycle. Unless it was a Belgian that ate bikes. In which case, eat some frogs and snails instead. We'll see how proud you are then, looking like an artist who's just stolen some onions.
@@djinnxx7050 I believe, dear responder, your reply about smoking in a cafe shop, ended up in my mail, and most importantly and profoundly, had no relation or connection to my statement about thanking the French for their contribution to the kissing empire. If the connection was to be made, however, you're co-co for Cocoa Puffs.
Quote : "Every man is a creature of the times in which he lives in and usually can not raise himself above that time. " >>>> Our times are ; mass production/mass consumption/mass pollution . We are in a time where dominant men have taken over large territories and industrialization controls our lives and livelihood. Mostly starting around the industrial revolution and spreading into territories they do not belong. Certainly we are not in a rennaissanse.
"Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly." To me he's saying marriage is an adventure, and during his time marriages were often for money or power not love, so require little courage. I doubt he meant it negatively against marriage, but you could attempt to find the context of that quote. I don't care enough.
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My favorite: “If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.” ~ Voltaire
Here and now, we are not allowed to question political correctness.
Yes you are. You're doing it right now. Don't confuse "you're not allowed to do it" with "what you're doing isn't the most popular thing to do". Visit North Korea and see the difference in action if you're still confused.
That wasn't Voltaire. It was a Holocaust-denying neo-nazi named Kevin Alfred Strom in 1993.
@@wardibald he is doing it anonymously... Try do this in public/work.
Social punishment is often harder than the State
@@Mark73 Hmmph. I just did a Google searth and found... You are completely right. I stand corrected. Unfortunate this qoute came from such a source, but i find it no less true.
@@bigbackman3609 Anonymously. On a Google platform. That's rich.
I'm not the greatest fan of some of the excesses of political correctness these days, and I feel perfectly comfortable saying it.
However, many people want to be full racist in plain sight and use the same argument as to why they can't, even though it's been decades at least since that was fine in most social environments. I've never known it to be that way and I'm in my forties. (For the record - I'm not saying 0P is being racist at. all.)
That is why I find myself often on the side of defending PC. But all I want to do is give a nuanced opinion. That's pretty hard in today's scream-my-one-sentence-opinion-all-over-the-place-culture. What I'm arguing is, the screamers on all sides are a far bigger threat to freedom of expression than PC is and ever will be.
Voltaire is one of the few who achieved "amused mastery". love his wit
I am new to this guy ,I like him already.
What a gifted man. I have read most of his work. My friends never stop reading because it is a pathway to knowledge that allows us to understand the human experience without doing it.
You should tell your friends not to forget to take a break every now and then
@@dont.ripfuller6587 Don I take a break just they make more sense than much of what I hear and read today
@@patrickmartin400 I understand,I was jesting about the lack of comma after "friends", and the way the dynamic shifts in your original comment.
@@dont.ripfuller6587 Don I was a English literature major, not English grammar. I keep forgetting to proof read my comments
Y'all are nerds. Why dafuq can't I find friends like that here.
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats". I like that: sounds like something Bukowski could have written
If a lady says no, countless clues have already gone unnoticed or unheeded.
dont listen to a woman, look at her body language.
So you’re saying there’s a chance?
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@@joecaner Where do you think I stole that quote from.
@@mmaranta785 I knew that, but others may not so I sited the source.
There was a time when it was customary to do so
"A state can be no better than the citizens of which it is composed"
Remember this when you claim that all politicians are corrupt, because politicians come from the people, and if the politicians are corrupt then so are the people.
That conclusion is very debatable! Don't make the mistake that the people and a very special group of individuals from it are the same. They are not.
It's hard to find time to watch what happens in the house but it's funny when someone wins a seat when they clearly weren't supposed to it's either they fall in line or start screaming about the corruption as best they can.
Politicians are not voted in by the people they are put there by the controlling elite. The people are given a choice of one or the other political party candidates who are both committed to continuing the ruling 1%ideology. If we truly had a choice we wouldn't be in this mess.
I like "A mirror is a useless invention. The only way to truely see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes."
These are profound, emulative and thought provoking to search for the intriguing meaning -very precious quotes
Lovely video! "No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for" is my favourite quote
Blm disagree
@@butbutmybutt if one white man lynch a black man, does it mean all while man is evil? Then how come if you assume correctly some BLM people burn then All are collectively guilty?
@@weiskl887 Problem is, is that the autopsy report revealed that Floyd did not even have bruises on his neck. He died from an overdose of Fentanyl, which causes pressure on the lungs (I can't breathe!). Meanwhile the co founder of BLM started out as a poor marxist, and now she owns 4 houses and lives in an all white neighborhood. You got played.
So what? A socialist is allowed possessions. Oh, wait - you're actually jealous, aren't you?
Floyd was suffocated; I suppose you were at the autopsy and understood what was going on; or maybe you just pulled your opinion out of your arse?
@@weiskl887 Any person who is involved in any way, even in a supportive role, with the BLM organization, is helping Evil to survive and grow.
Oh man, I laughed hard at a couple of these. What wit, sick burns, and wisdom. Thank you
I imagine Voltaire to have been a very sarcastic person, who's intentions were to go against the evil actions of the politicians of that time and fight social obscenities like bigotry.
There's a man who holds a record for hitting the nail on the head with the fewest misses.
I hammer like lightning. I never strike twice in the same place. 🌩
I I knew to what question and to whom, I would have never had to smash me glass eye with a hammer.
"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire. Ironic how he's still the wittiest sayer of the lot.
No match next to Mark Twain.
At 0:25, my favourite quote, "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."
"That is well said, but we must cultivate our garden."
-Candide
Thousands of years ago Confucianist have already made this point.
@@weiskl887 Thousands of years ago someone forgot to translate Chinese into French.
Lovely book! :)
"it is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they killed in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." One of the best ever heard.
Yes. A masterpiece of political and existential insight.🎯💯🎯🤔
I didn't understand it's meaning,😔
@@Me-ul7sm Kinda means that powerful people like generals and kings invade other kingdoms and kill just for their own glory and Don't get punished for their crimes since they have a large following.
I think this is what it meant. Not sure tho
'tis the Primate Rationale that manifests - more recently welded to the corporate nation-state and (for longer) some religious and monarchical traditions.
iow, de facto fascism is alive and kicking....ironically, in the form of more and more socialism. Mussolini was a big-time Marxist just prior to his embrace of Fascism.
@@Me-ul7sm It’s forbidden to kill unless you’re in war. That’s the criticism
You can add this quote by Voltaire: We will leave the world as foolish as we found it
1:47 *"The Comfort of the Rich Depends Upon an Abundant Supply of the Poor"*
2:03 *"Don't Think Money Does Everything or You are Going to End Up Doing Everything For Money"*
balance this with Peter Drucker 1954 quote ... *Money is NOT Everything But its SOMETHING ESSENTIAL* ....
*“Profit is like oxygen. You need it to survive, but if you think that oxygen is the purpose of your life then you're missing something”*
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Better to save a guilty person Than to condemn an innocent one.
Didnt think I would get shocked by wisdom today ! So profoundly true
It isn't a matter of truth, rather of ,orality.
So better to let a Hitler or a Dahmer go?? Not sure their victims would agree. I think there is an assumption here that we have to do one or the other. How about we remove the Hitler's from society and free there future victims from a horrible fate. At the same time let's try to be sure we don't condemn the innocent in the process.
@@sued7 None of that is relevant to the quote.
It’s better to help someone who is guilty, than to punish one who is innocent
@@m.c.martin it's a matter of numbers. If Hitler had died during WWI 6 million people would not have been tortured and died.
We have DNA now so let's be sure that they are guilty, by all means. But to say it is better to let a guilty man go because he might be innocent is to show a lack of responsibility to his potentially future victims. I understand what you are saying but it is not that simple. Life's problems rarely are.
"Prejudices are what fools use for reason" Man this never made so much sense as it does nowadays!
4:35 Voltaire blundered his Queen on that quote, but still won the game.
Keeps me engaged and amused at the same time. Seems the wisdom becomes more and more relevant each day.
“It is forbidden to kill, therefore all murders are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of Trumpets.” 😂 my favorite one because it’s true. It’s only ok if you go to war.
Or to the sound of aero-engines - you can rain bombs down onto towns where families are sleeping - and as long as there's a 'official' war on, that makes it all OK.
war and murder are two different things entirely
@@trolltalwar Solider’s still kill in war 😂
@@m.c.martin yes but theres a huge difference between being a uniformed soldier who fights for his country and being a lunatic who goes around stalking the night looking for innocent and defenseless people to murder for his own sick pleasure. soldiers kill other soldiers. they're both trained, armed, and they both know what they got themselves into when they accepted the responsibility of fighting for their nation.
@@trolltalwar That still goes against religion. Religion doesn’t justify murder or killing, yet war is revered. All killing is punished, unless it’s a war
Voltaire was definitely a know it all. Half of his quotes are about how he is clearly smarter than all, and has acquired the right to judge of all the lesser being around him. smh
Hey Toots - he referenced you in passing - 'the infinitely small Toots doth have an infinitely great pride born of a vast ignorance'.
Imagine if he was right though...pssh...mind=blown.
He also has the neatest, keenest, most bitchin' hair.
@lygophile Smart people don't waste their time talking about how stupid animals are or how much greater they are than ants, which would be the mark of a proud and intellectually insecure person. It may only be a millionth of the stuff he said but it is a fine summary of what he said, and a reflection of his overgrown ego.
@@RearAdmiralTootToot And a fabulous reflection of his "to die for" hair do.
I’m going to have to start looking up reading material from Voltaire
Start with Candide, an excellent short story.
Like Churchill and Lincoln he was a quote-making machine. The media would follow him everywhere he goes today just for an easy quote.
History of Charles XII is his best
“ it’s impossible to free men from the chains they revere “
Voltaire incredibly insightful this was really good for me to hear.
I like the image used of Voltaire - he's looking at us as if to say "Yeah, I said those things - how do you like that huh?"
I use the "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" (or, amended to: can get you to accept their atrocities) quote when speaking to people about out current covidiocy situation. Voltaire is by far my favorite philosopher. So many of his quotes apply now more than ever before.
So relevant!
That was the worst quote on the list.. it reveals so much ignorance on the part of the one who says such a thing.
@@dinsel9691 How so?
Life is a Shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the life boats.
WAY HAY UP SHE RISES!
“Cherish those that seek truth”
“But be wary of those that find it”
That is very profound imho. The American people despise the truth and that transcends race and gender.
That because we are not here to unveil absolute truth. We are here to unveil layers of truth.
"Everyone who does evil hates the light(truth), and will not come into the light(truth), for fear that their deeds will be exposed."
Truth 'found' is nothing but arrogance and self delusion.
Why is this wisdom not taught in today's schools. They would cause much laughter in the classroom, while making them think.
Cause it would make them smart
They don't want them to be smart.
The last thing the State is to have a population that thinks
you can't teach wisdom
It is.
Wonderful quotes. Thanks for sharing these!
Renown historian Will Durant introduced me to François-Marie Arouet ("Voltaire") in "The Story of Philosophy".
Voltaire's "Brahmin's Tale", as retold by Durant, resonates with me still.
Good quotes idol. Sending my full support.
Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.
Everybody is corrupted until they seek the truth of God in Christ
Children seem pure until you realize there's no such thing as real purity in the world full of sin
Promise neverland anybody?
Jilambu Mustafa says ba fangul!
@@louburgunde9719 Fundamentalist BS
4:34 for the thumbnail quote.
Thanks so much
Most of these could have been written last week. Timeless thinking.
Seems we are caught in an endless loop. A needle stuck in the groove, waiting for God's NUDGE.
Though it's not strictly a philosophy and not included in the above collection, the quotation of Voltaire's that most resonates with me is "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Seems we'd all do well to heed that, and now more than ever before.
Stewie says this quote, in an episode of Family Guy. I always thought it was Mark Twain.
Ive heard it before-- its a great, an awesome standard to live by.
Nice👍👍 qoutes of Voltaire
Its better if women tell you what they mean rather than a man telling you what they mean. Women aren't cloned just as men aren't duplicates of each other. Just like men some women have character and just like men some women don't. When some women say no they mean ... no.
Women hardly tell you the truth. If you ask, what's wrong? Nothing. Hungry? No. It's there something you like? No, it's ok, I'm fine. The list is endless. Ah, if they say I saw something at this store! Translation: I'm buying it and don't say a word!
A JOY; Many Thanks!
Voltaire quotes rise above the tide of
time
Out of all these videos..this one is best.
If a lady says no, she means…no.
Lol... I usually mean NO when I say maybe...
On his deathbed, asked by a priest if he renounces evil, his answer: "Now is not the time to make powerful enemies".
Great reading voice
I can watch this over and over.
I suggest only watching it two or three times or you could go mad or become a Voltaire quoting maniac.
@@markberryhill2715 Damn, you may be RIGHT !
1:15 I cant think of a single time I have seen my reflection in someone's eyes. And mirrors are actually useful sometimes, like when removing something from your eyes. But most of these quotes I agree with
Can you please explain 1:35 ? Is it about powerful people who commit genocides in war?
You're taking this too literally, the first part of the quote is a shock statement to give everything more of an impact. Of course mirrors are useful, but they can be counterproductive when misused, like when judging your own worth. In the second part, I don't think he's talking about reflection in the physical sense, but about how others see you vs how you see yourself. Your capability to see/judge yourself is inherently biased while others can see/judge you more accurately. Of course there are exceptions for this too. The main purpose of these quotes are to give you food for thought, new perspectives, rules of thumb, delivered in an artfully crafted way.
@@samiam1059 Yes, it's about that (i.e. states, armies)
@@RockyBoltzano Good job at understanding, Rocky.
Voltaire swung for the fences. Sometimes he struck out. Kinda like Dave Kingman.
I’m all about Voltaire! 👍🏽 To me when he stated: “The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else’s eyes” he means with your “heart eyes” or the eyes of love. Because love is truth laid bare. You see all the flaws equally with the virtues-and still you cherish. 💚
NOPE
@@dinsel9691 well, guess you ran into someone (or maybe you are that someone?) who couldn’t deal with the flaws! Suppose that depends on what KIND OF FLAWS. 👀
@@yvettemarshallTWN It's not really to do with love. I get where you're coming from with that interpretation, you're a romantic, but it doesn't work logically.
When a woman loves a man (or man loves a man, or man loves a woman, or attack helicopter loves a giraffe, whatever... ), she doesn't love him for who he really is, but for what she believes him to be. She loves an idealised version of him she created in her own mind that he will, inevitably, fail to live up to. That is what causes the vast majority of relationship issues and breakups. It's kinda sad. Men aren't free from guilt of having an idealised vision of her either. Shit goes both ways.
A man viewing another man, on the other hand, sees the monster in himself and then places those impurities upon any other man he sees. So he will most likely see the worst version of himself in other men, or something close to it. That's why it's occasionally said that when men hate eachother, it's because they see things they hate about themselves, whether they share or lack a particular trait or asset the other has.
Neither offers a truly accurate reflection of you. Merely either side of the same coin, idealised and exaggerated to some degree.
Looking at yourself from the eyes of another, to look outside of yourself and turn your gaze back, it means to imagine what others would see.
"If I saw me and I wasn't me, what would I see..."
It's means to be self critical, to look at your past self and say "he was a... ", and strive to be better today, to become someone else. In a positive sense.
It's not about love, it's self improvement. I guess you could say self love, but as an immature individual I would be unable to keep a straight face with such terminology.
@@djinnxx7050 Immature individuals aren’t mature enough to speak on love, sense what they most likely saw and experienced was offered by others who were also twisted up about the emotion. You may call me a romantic who has her feet firmly planted in reality (in astrology my relationship energy is Venus in Capricorn, (7th house-courtship); basically, Saturn. Saturn also rules my marriage energy (8th house-Aquarius)-which makes me unconventional yet devoted in both these areas. Look it up). Logic is the last refuge of those who fear the truth of love. It’s not unicorns and cupcakes, love’s looking at yourself, seeing your truth, and yes loving-esteeming, having compassion for what you regard. This doesn’t happen in a vacuum, it must be practiced, sometimes in the eyes of another, where no lies can survive. Love is radical and only for those brave enough to look directly into it’s eyes.
@@yvettemarshallTWN You lost me the moment you started talking about astrology. I mean, i'm the immature one who isn't mature enough to speak on love, and then you start talking about astrology...
If only irony could kill.
Excellent stuff bro
A state is no better than the citizens of which it is composed. Our labor now is not to mold states, but to make citizens.
"The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of reason"
Can you think of any politician who took this to heart? "People were kissing and hugging - there was a lot of love in that crowd"
I don't know who you are referencing in particular, I assume it's Trump, but I can think of many politicians and political activists from all across the political spectrum, many members of the mainstream media, as well as modern political/social movements the Voltaire quote would apply to.
@@RoberttAvro Yes, Trump was the one who came to my mind when I read that Voltaire quote - but the Trump quotation that I highlighted - about the "love" between demonstrators and police on Jan-06 was one of the more extreme and ridiculous quotes - but Trump has made a _modus operandi_ out of repeating lies with the expectation that if people hear them enough, they will take them to heart - and indeed, it's an aphorism that seems to work among his followers. There is no evidence of a "stolen" election, but most of his followers seem to believe it was stolen - simply because their leader (who they trust) has said so - and said so, and said so - and, of course, becuse it is in their interests to believe it.
It's something to do with the human psyche - when we hear things from trusted sources, we tend to believe them - children hear about Santa Clause from their parents; grown-ups hear about the immaculate conception from church elders. There's no proof of it - who examined her? But a 17 yearf old girl, possibly facing a stoning for being pregnant before marriage, says "I don't know how this happened. I'm a virgin - honest!" - and millions of people believe it fervently. And, of course, there have been several notable scientific hoaxes that have been believed because they were published by trusted scientists - that have fooled the wider scientific community - at least for a while.
Let's face it, we're easily taken in - especially by an experienced taker innerer.
@@DownhillAllTheWay What does the immaculate conception have to do with anyone's virginity? (Hint: nothing) Seriously, get a clue!
@@dennis-xw8rp Yes, you're right. I got my terms mixed up. The point in was making is that humans will believe anything if the right person tells them - Santa Claus and the virgin birth being two cases in point. Other cases are manifold.
Excellent Quotes!!!
Excellent maxims to live by.
Truly wise. Perhaps the only writer of old I really respect and appreciate.
lots of value in books of the old you should check out, a goldmine of philosophy would be stoicism imo
How about Montaign?
Good points.
Voltaire a real G
Good work brother... Your quote selection is amusing
Were they wikiquoted?
Awesome
The relevance of these quotes in 2021 is incredible and exceptional
Basic mankind has not changed since the beginning. Nothing is truly new under the sun.
I love this.
Who can give a thumbs down to Voltaire ?!
Church people. He was a Freemason. "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" is a direct shot at the church and its absurd dogma.
I can with some of his quotes, especially the one about when a lady says no.
Based. Have to start reading him.
Excellent
Great thinker!
My favourite mentor.
So great seeing this in these insane times
As the quotes were being read I could immediately put everyone of them in context to today, but more so how anyone who used those quotes would be shouted down by politicians, the media and the rest of the lemmings our society has become
@@theblackflame4002 Then I count myself lucky that I don't care one bit what society thinks. At least of all those politicians who talk too much because they think it makes them look clever and emptheaded lowlifes who are to lazy to even bother to do research and critizise things simply because they can. If you go along with that you'll lose your individuality and be like everyone else.
Well put. And I hope when this world emplodes, there are enough of his scattered papers left to enlighten the next colony of civilization that inhabits our remains.
Never look into the mirror of a narcissist for your reflection
Do you use a text to speech engine? If so, it's very good.
Simply genius.
True ,true ,true it was said , before it was written
Wow, what a truly great
Marriage is Grand..... Divorce is Three hundred Grand!!!
I agree with every statement except for the first one. "Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." people have been killed for reading, as have they killed by dancing. the very existence of reading itself is an act of harm upon our world, for what do we read upon but the resources which we take without giving. and dancing causes vibrations that have set off more than one deadly butterfly effect, I'm sure.
Marriage is for those with ethics, bravery, principles and loyalty. Cowards are found among those who sleep around promiscuously.
he refers to co-dependence and not being able to face life "alone"
"The only way to comprehend what mathmaticians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extend of human stupidity"
Now I know where Einstein got the Idea from. Old plagiarist 😉. R.I.P Albert.
Hehe came to mind. Universe and stupidity.
Love it, awesomeness 🤯👌💯🙉😏😏😏😙😙😙😙😙🍿🙈🥃.
No Voltaire you trying get a brother in trouble like r Kelly no means no
The one profound mistake is his quote "Cherish those that seek the truth, but beware those that find it." Its pride that thinks its noble to wander in the desert for wisdom, but sees foolishness in anyone who actually claims to have found any profit in doing so.
Very true. It reminds me of a quote of C.S. Lewis's that I have always liked, from THE GREAT DIVORCE:
"To travel hopefully is better than to arrive."
"If that were true, and known to be true, how could anyone travel hopefully? There would be nothing to hope for."
@@stephenbarringer235 An interesting fact about Voltaire; he claimed that Sir Isaac Newton's faith had made him mad. After Voltaire's death his home was used as a place to print Bibles. God always wins.
@lygophile But it insures a view that all people that claim to have an answer are viewed as disingenuous and you have no trustworthy guides. If any religion is true you can not in good faith accept it and you're doomed to the wilderness.
@lygophile If you were starving to death and there were 100 foods in front of you and 99 were poison would you want some help finding the right one or just choose to perish to avoid making an error. Many religions say that failure to choose right has eternal consequences. If one of those is true it makes sense to seek out those that claim to know rather than huddling with those that think that truth is unknowable. To not try is to literally forfeit your soul.
@lygophile I could tell you that I'm fully convinced in the truth of Christianity, beyond the facts that eliminate many faiths or those that confirm it that I could point to, but subjective experience is only persuasive to the one experiencing it. My point is to convince you that the danger of ignoring the issue of eternity is higher risk that trying and failing. If there is a God of mercy that requires anything of you He's more likely to aid in your efforts if you aren't fatalistic or apathetic to the thought of making the most major question of your life a priority.
Voltaire one of the most brilliant Spirit! I m proud to be french!
If Voltaire had a chance to know you, he probably shame about you
I'm French too but I find maybe missing better quotes than some of these. Voltaire was very bright and witty.
Some regret his cynicism, but what a talent for emphasizing hypocrisy.
To all in France, please forgive Laurent for not capitalizing the "f" in French. And for all French, thank you for your contribution. to the kissing empire.
Well you shouldn't be.
Go and look all moody smoking outside a café shop whilst wearing your little beret and onion necklace, and stripey sweater, and then eat a bicycle.
Unless it was a Belgian that ate bikes. In which case, eat some frogs and snails instead. We'll see how proud you are then, looking like an artist who's just stolen some onions.
@@djinnxx7050 I believe, dear responder, your reply about smoking in a cafe shop, ended up in my mail, and most importantly and profoundly, had no relation or connection to my statement about thanking the French for their contribution to the kissing empire. If the connection was to be made, however, you're co-co for Cocoa Puffs.
He makes me smile.
When I was young n until now Voltaire and Hugo pholosophy are my virtual mentors. - 0raculum
Lettuce dancing and reading is pretty amusing, but the carrots wearing glasses takes the cake
this man hits my point
The real question is: how does a lady express a refusal?
When a woman say no; it mean maybe
Oh nice Music 👸🏼🙂😉🦊🤔🎶🎶🎶
Most of them profound!
No water, all hit in one way or another. Thanks.
Wow, he was great.
One knows when a lady means no, and
The message is usually delivered wordlessly.
~Joe Caner
@PrinceRichard 😶
@PrinceRichard DEFINITELY! Go for it dude!
somebody knows the name of the background sound ?
"You Must Construct Additional Pylons"
-Protoss Advisor
Lol. So out of place at first but words of wisdom in certain digital universes.
0:40 Voltaire's version of Steven Weinberg's quote.
Quote : "Every man is a creature of the times in which he lives in and usually can not raise himself above that time. " >>>> Our times are ; mass production/mass consumption/mass pollution . We are in a time where dominant men have taken over large territories and industrialization controls our lives and livelihood. Mostly starting around the industrial revolution and spreading into territories they do not belong. Certainly we are not in a rennaissanse.
⚡voooooltaire
So much knowledge.
For little lepper con.
And suchlike in every manner.
Go with it. believe me when I say.
This is what it is... and nothing more...
Thanks for you🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
Marriage for cowardly ?! Damn! Voltaire could be a secret MGTOW and the world just don’t know it.
"Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly." To me he's saying marriage is an adventure, and during his time marriages were often for money or power not love, so require little courage. I doubt he meant it negatively against marriage, but you could attempt to find the context of that quote. I don't care enough.
@@timdecious9386 Nikola Tesla , Leonardo da Vinci , Beethoveen , etc. somewhat they all meant the same thing.