Voltaire Quotes: Why Being Right Is Dangerous – Truth Versus Power
0 Comments/in Voltaire“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
Voltaire
Voltaire Quotes: Why Innovation Often Faces Resistance – Inspiring Wisdom
0 Comments/in Voltaire“Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.”
Voltaire
Voltaire Quotes: Profound Wisdom on Freedom of Speech and Tolerance
0 Comments/in Evelyn Beatrice Hall, Voltaire“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
Voltaire
Robert Koch Quote: When Cause Follows Effect – Medical Wisdom Explained
0 Comments/in Marcus Tullius Cicero, Robert Koch, Voltaire“When a physician walks behind the coffin of his patient, indeed the cause sometimes follows the effect.”
Robert Koch
Voltaire Quote: How to Convince Without Controversy – The Power of Gentle Reason
0 Comments/in Voltaire“Controversy never convinced any man; men can be influenced by making them think for themselves, by seeming to doubt with them, by leading them as if by the hand, without their perceiving it. A good book lent to them, which they read at leisure, produces upon them surer effects, because they do not then blush to be subjugated by the superior reason of an antagonist.”
Voltaire
Voltaire Quotes: Hope vs. Illusion – Profound Wisdom from the Famous Philosopher
0 Comments/in Voltaire“One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion”
Voltaire