Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.
BLAISE PASCALOne-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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Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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Don’t try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
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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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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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The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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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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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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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
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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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Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
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We like to be deceived.
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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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All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
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