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"44 Blaise Pascal Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 19 June 1623. Died: 19 August 1662 | Mathematician | Physicist | Inventor | Writer | Theologian |

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

The heart Reasons Knows not
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Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

Men never Do evil Cheerfully Religious conviction
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I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.

Would prefer Intelligent hell Stupid paradise
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Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kinds words Cost much Accomplish
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You always admire what you really don't understand.

Always admire You really Don't understand
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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.

People Their beliefs The basis Proof
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I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.

All men Knew What others Say
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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

Curiosity Vanity Know something Talk
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Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Truth Obscure Falsehood Established
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Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back

Few friends Survive One knew Says
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Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

Man's sensitivity Little things The greatest Signs
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It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the truth.

Man's natural Sickness Believe Possesses
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The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it.

Last function Reason Infinity Things
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We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.

Generally Better persuaded Reasons Discover ourselves
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

You wish People Think well Speak
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Little things comfort us because little things distress us.

Little things Comfort us Distress us
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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.

Clarity Mind Passion Great
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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.

Love knows No limit Endurance End
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To understand is to forgive.

To understand Forgive
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Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other.

Nature Made Truths independent Art makes
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The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.
The more See Mankind Prefer
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Justice Without force Powerless Tyrannical
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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.

Two kinds Men Righteous Sinners
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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?

Crime Peace Truth Being destroyed
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Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.

Lust Source Our actions Humanity
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In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.

Difficult times Carry something Beautiful Heart
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Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.

Distraction Only thing Consoles us Miseries
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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.

Contraction Sign Falsity The lack
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By space the universe encompasses me and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world.

By space The universe Encompasses Swallows
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Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.
Our nature In movement Complete calm Death
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There is a certain standard of grace and beauty which consists in a certain relation between our nature,and the thing which pleases us.

Certain standard Grace Beauty Relation
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Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

Intolerable Man Passion Business
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God instituted prayer to communicate to creatures the dignity of causality.

God Instituted prayer Communicate Creatures
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Passion cannot be beautiful without excess; one either loves too much or not enough.

Passion Be beautiful Without excess Loves
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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.

In faith Enough light Believe Shadows
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The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing.

The power Man's virtue Be measured Special effort
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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright

Takes truth His guide Safely trust God's providence
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No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth

No religion Taught Man Born
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We know the truth, not only be the reason, but also be the heart.

We know The truth The reason The heart
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We make an idol of truth itself, for truth apart from charity is not God, but his image and an idol that we must not love or worship.

We make An idol Truth Charity
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To make a man a saint, it must indeed be by grace; and whoever doubts this does not know what a saint is, or a man.

Make Man Saint By grace
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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.

Happiness Found In ourselves External things
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We desire truth and find within ourselves only uncertainty

Desire truth Find within Ourselves Uncertainty
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God wishes to move the will rather than the mind. Perfect clarity would help the mind and harm the will.

God wishes Move The will Mind
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Blaise Pascal Quotes & Sayings