Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
BLAISE PASCALNothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
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If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.
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It’s not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It’s those who write the songs.
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Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.
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If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.
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The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
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One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.
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The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.
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And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?
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We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.
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Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.
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