We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.
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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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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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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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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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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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
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The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.
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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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All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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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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Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.
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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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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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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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It’s not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It’s those who write the songs.
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I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
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