There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
BLAISE PASCALDistraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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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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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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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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Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.
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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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Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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Imagination decides everything.
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Wisdom leads us back to childhood.
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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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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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