Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
BLAISE PASCALHow hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.
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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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All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.
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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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All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
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The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.
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I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn’t than live as if he doesn’t exist to find out He does.
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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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We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.
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I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
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When intuition and logic agree, you are always right.
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All our dignity lies in our thoughts.
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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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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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Man’s sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
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If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?
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Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
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Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
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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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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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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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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.
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Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
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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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