All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
BLAISE PASCALThe heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
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All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
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Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.
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Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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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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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
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The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.
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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 Christian religion teaches me two points-that there is a God whom men can know, and that their nature is so corrupt that they are unworthy of Him.
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Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.
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How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!
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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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