“If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.”
— Blaise Pascal
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There are only two kinds of men:
“There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.”
— Blaise Pascal
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The immortality of the soul is a
“The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty,
“Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.”
— Blaise Pascal
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As men are not able to fight
“As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all.”
— Blaise Pascal
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There is a God shaped vacuum in
“There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Truth is so obscure in these times,
“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.”
— Blaise Pascal
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The struggle alone pleases us, not the
“The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Men often take their imagination for their
“Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Human beings must be known to be
“Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.”
— Blaise Pascal
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Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary,
“Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.”
— Blaise Pascal
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