The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
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.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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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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Wisdom leads us back to childhood.
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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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Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.
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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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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
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Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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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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Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.
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The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.
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Imagination decides everything.
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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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Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name!
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All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.
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