Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
BLAISE PASCALWe 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.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.
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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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All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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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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How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!
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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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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
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We never love a person, but only qualities.
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Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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Man’s sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
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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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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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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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