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And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?

Blaise Pascal

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
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Different Faith Gift God Human
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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Act Life Men Possible Spiritual Thinking
Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.
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Confusion Unity
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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Humble Humility People Praise Thinking
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
I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
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Believe Gift Myself
There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
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God Heart Spiritual
And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?
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Crime Destroy Peace Truth
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.
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Eyes People Reality Satisfaction
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
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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Desire Enough Light See
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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Force Justice Power Strength
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
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Evil Inspirational Religious Sad
All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
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Men Trouble World
Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
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Divine Human Love Religion
If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?
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Faith God Happiness Men

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