People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
BLAISE PASCALHappiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.
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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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If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.
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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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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.
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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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How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!
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Wisdom leads us back to childhood.
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The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.
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Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
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Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.
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Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.
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Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
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If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.
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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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Faith is a gift of God.
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Imagination decides everything.
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Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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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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I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
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The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.
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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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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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Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
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