A THREAD on thought provoking ideas by Blaise Pascal:
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All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
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All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
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The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
The heart has its reasons which reason 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 so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
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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 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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Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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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Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical.
Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical.
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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 to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
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Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
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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 of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
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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 is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.
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Nature has made all her truths independent of one another.
Our art makes one dependent on the other.
Nature has made all her truths independent of one another.
Our art makes one dependent on the other.
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Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.
Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.
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Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it.
Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it.
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Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable.
Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable.
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Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.
Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.
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