Human life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.
BLAISE PASCALPeople almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
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Wisdom leads us back to childhood.
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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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We never love a person, but only qualities.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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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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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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In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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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 entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.
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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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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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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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The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.
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