Man’s sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
BLAISE PASCALAll the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
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If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.
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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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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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Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.
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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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Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
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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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Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.
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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.
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Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
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There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
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The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.
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When intuition and logic agree, you are always right.
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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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How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!
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Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness.
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Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.
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In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.
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If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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