If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?
BLAISE PASCALHuman beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.
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In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
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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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Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.
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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
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Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
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All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
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We never love a person, but only qualities.
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The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.
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If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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