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.
BLAISE PASCALNothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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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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The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.
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Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
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Don’t try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
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Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.
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Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.
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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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All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
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Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.
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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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In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
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The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of, We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.
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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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All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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It’s not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It’s those who write the songs.
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