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Those are weaklings who know t...

Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

We must kill them in war, just...

We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be called murderers.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

The past and present are only ...

The past and present are only our means; the future is always our end. Thus we never really live, but only hope to live.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Perfect clarity would profit t...

Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Man is full of desires: he lov...

Man is full of desires: he loves only those who can satisfy them all. 'This man is a good mathematician,' someone will say. But I have no concern for mathematics; he would take me for a proposition. 'That one is a good soldier.' He would take me for a besieged town. I need, that is to say, a decent man who can accommodate himself to all my desires in a general sort of way.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Let us weigh the gain and the ...

Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Making fun of philosophy is re...

Making fun of philosophy is really philosophising.

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To understand is to forgive....

To understand is to forgive.

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We know that there is an infin...

We know that there is an infinite, and we know not its nature. As we know it to be false that numbers are finite, it is therefore true that there is a numerical infinity. But we know not of what kind; it is untrue that it is even, untrue that it is odd; for the addition of a unit does not change its nature; yet it is a number, and every number is odd or even (this certainly holds of every finite number). Thus we may quite well know that there is a God without knowing what He is.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

We know the truth not only thr...

We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know first principles, and reason, which has nothing to do with it, tries in vain to refute them.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

The origins of disputes betwee...

The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.

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The war existing between the s...

The war existing between the senses and reason.

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I have spent much time in the ...

I have spent much time in the study of the abstract sciences; but the paucity of persons with whom you can communicate on such subjects disgusted me with them. When I began to study man, I saw that these abstract sciences are not suited to him, and that in diving into them, I wandered farther from my real object than those who knew them not, and I forgave them for not having attended to these things. I expected then, however, that I should find some companions in the study of man, since it was so specifically a duty. I

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

Let each of us examine his tho...

Let each of us examine his thoughts

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The Christian's God does not c...

The Christian's God does not consist merely of a God who is the author of mathematical truths and the order of elements... But a God of love and consolation.

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Most of the evils of life aris...

Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room.

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The last thing that we find in...

The last thing that we find in making a book is to know what we must put first.

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Christianity is strange. It bi...

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids him desire to be like God. Without such a counterpoise, this dignity would make him horribly vain, or this humiliation would make him terribly abject.

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Either Christianity is true or...

Either Christianity is true or it's false. If you bet that it's true, and you believe in God and submit to Him, then if it IS true, you've gained God, heaven, and everything else. If it's false, you've lost nothing, but you've had a good life marked by peace and the illusion that ultimately, everything makes sense. If you bet that Christianity is not true, and it's false, you've lost nothing. But if you bet that it's false, and it turns out to be true, you've lost everything and you get to spend eternity in hell.

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Man is nothing but insincerity...

Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he should be told the truth, he shuns saying it to others; and all these moods, so inconsistent with justice and reason, have their roots in his heart.

Blaise Pascal 915 quotes

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