People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
BLAISE PASCALWe 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.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
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All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.
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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
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The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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Faith is a gift of God.
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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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We like to be deceived.
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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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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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We never love a person, but only qualities.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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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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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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