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

Quote by Blaise Pascal

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You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against...

It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind...

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

If ignorance were bliss, he'd be a blister

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and...

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...

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...

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?

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it...

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

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...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows...

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

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...

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest...

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest...

The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that...

The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that...