Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
BLAISE PASCALEvil is easy, and has infinite forms.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.
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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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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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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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When intuition and logic agree, you are always right.
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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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Imagination decides everything.
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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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Man’s sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
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All our dignity lies in our thoughts.
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We never love a person, but only qualities.
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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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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
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We like to be deceived.
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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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