We never love a person, but only qualities.
BLAISE PASCALOne-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.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
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Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is.
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Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
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The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition.
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We like to be deceived.
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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.
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Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
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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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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
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