The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thus, we never live but we hope to live; and always hoping to be happy, it is inevitable that we will…

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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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...

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.

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...

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of...

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does...

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

You always admire what you really dont understand.

You always admire what you really dont understand.

We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no...

We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no...

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals...

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons.

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons.

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of...

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of...

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost,...

True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost,...

Maybe he's only a little bit crazy, like painters, or composers, or some of those...

Maybe he's only a little bit crazy, like painters, or composers, or some of those...

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams,...

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams,...