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.
BLAISE PASCALThe 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.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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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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Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.
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If you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it’s possible, in everything.
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Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
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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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There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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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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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.
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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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I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn’t than live as if he doesn’t exist to find out He does.
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