All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant....

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant....

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent...

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent...

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in...

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we...

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master. When we disobey the latter we...

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without...

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to...

I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to...

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by...

Imagination decides everything.

Imagination decides everything.

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be...

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be...

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can...

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can...

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...

Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire...