If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?
BLAISE PASCALIf a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?
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.
BLAISE PASCALAll men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
BLAISE PASCALSilence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
BLAISE PASCALThe more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.
BLAISE PASCALFaith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
BLAISE PASCALGood deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.
BLAISE PASCALNothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
BLAISE PASCALIf you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.
BLAISE PASCALMost of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
BLAISE PASCALThe strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
BLAISE PASCALAll the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
BLAISE PASCALThe Christian religion teaches me two points-that there is a God whom men can know, and that their nature is so corrupt that they are unworthy of Him.
BLAISE PASCALDo you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
BLAISE PASCALLord, 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!
BLAISE PASCALWe 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.
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