A Quote by Voltaire

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

Voltaire

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Best Possible Worlds

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Voltaire
French - Writer
November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778

I speculate that this is the best of all possible worlds, for philosophy is the best of humanity, and this world is the best philosophically.

Kedar Joshi

We live in the best of all possible worlds

Gottfried Leibniz

Hyper-selectionism has been with us for a long time in various guises; for it represents the late nineteenth century's scientific version of the myth of natural harmony all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds (all structures well designed for a definite purpose in this case). It is, indeed, the vision of foolish Dr. Pangloss, so vividly satirized by Voltaire in Candide the world is not necessarily good, but it is the best we could possibly have.

Stephen Jay Gould

We try hard to provide the best user experience possible, and that means the best ads possible, so we work with the brands to come up with the best images.

Alan Schaaf

If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

Voltaire

This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.

John Adams

The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

F. H. Bradley

The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.

Larry David

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

... there are some who, believing that all is for the best in the best of possible worlds, and that to-morrow is necessarily better than to-day, may think that if culture is a good thing we shall infallibly be found to have more of it that we had a generation since; and that if we can be shown not to have more of it, it can be shown not to be worth seeking.

Katharine Fullerton Gerould

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.

James Branch Cabell

Honestly, I got the best of both worlds: groove of New Orleans meets the intensity of Texas. That's the best education I could have, the best experiences I could have.

Phil Anselmo

Reality may not be the best of all possible worlds, but it's still the only place where you can get a decent steak.

Woody Allen

The cruelest affront is treating the person as exactly the person he is. We all long to be understood, but not for what we are. We long to be understood for what we might have been had all been for the best in the best of all possible worlds and, at the same time, to be forgiven for what we are.