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Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.

Blaise Pascal

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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Attraction Belief People
There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
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God Heart Spiritual
Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.
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Investment Soul Truth Yourself
Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
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Curiosity Pride Talk Vanity
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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Believe God Life Philosophy Spiritual
Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.
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Live Man Reason Suffering
I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
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Believe Gift Myself
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.
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Deceive Human Life Men Ourselves Presence
The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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Beyond Logic Men Reason
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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Beautiful Hurt Kindness Lips Nature
Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.
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Greatness Misery Ourselves
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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Establishment Love Spiritual Time Truth
In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
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Beautiful Difficult Hard Time Heart Time
Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.
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Admire Conceal Deed Goodness
Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
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Justice Strength
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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