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Mike_May_Quotes: We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people. (Blaise Pascal, 1623–1662)

Ownsmoke: "People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive." Blaise Pascal, The Art of Persuasion

OgFeran: All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” — Blaise Pascal

Bobunny503: "In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't. " --Blaise Pascal

3StoneEntertain: The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of. ~Blaise Pascal

miltonwrites: When I became a Christian, I came to Rome because of its universalist spirit. There was vigor and energy in that, the fire of a living gospel. The Christian thinkers I love most embody that same spirit: Blaise Pascal Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Vladimir Solovyov Augustine

brainyfool26: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” Blaise Pascal famously wrote in the late seventeenth century.” ― Cal Newport

sethlewis_ie: “Do little things as though they were great, because of the majesty of Jesus Christ who does them in us… Do great things as though they were small and easy, because of his omnipotence” - Blaise Pascal

amitkhanna: "Little things console us because little things afflict us." -Blaise Pascal

orlarwahlay: "People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive." ~ Blaise Pascal

SkyHighRashid: All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone. —BLAISE PASCAL

alincristea: People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. - Blaise Pascal

frshlybrwdcopy: If you're still curious why copywriters charge more for writing less copy, a French author of the 17th century, Blaise Pascal, once apologized for his long letter by saying, “I have not had the time to make it shorter.”

stiII_Iife: Referring to blaise pascal's quote 'Man is but a reed, the feeblest one in nature; but he is a thinking reed.' It's a recurring theme in the manga, placing importance that the ability to think can preceed physicality in a football game. Hana was the one who told Ashito when

bsdfortune: The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. -- Blaise Pascal

osamaoloo: All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." — Blaise Pascal This is what a modern man calls boredom, RESIST to be the modern man

ki35986: All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.,Blaise Pascal, Pensées,humour,

motuk57236: In each action we must look beyond the action at our past present and future state and at others whom it affects and see the relation of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.,Blaise Pascal,decisions,

faithwanja63062: No animal admires another animal.,Blaise Pascal,animals,

nunda172990: All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.,Blaise Pascal,unhappiness,

NorkDorf: "Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much" -- Blaise Pascal

SophiaCycles: There is a renewed interest in myth, in part because we feel that, as Blaise Pascal noted, "we wander in times which are not ours," or we share Hamlet's sense that "the time is out of joint," or agree with Rilke that "we are not much at home in the world we have created.~J Hollis

Justice78602373: Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. - Blaise Pascal Family Didnot See SSR Hanging

joelwlynn: "Nothing has been said so absurd that a philosopher has not said it. " -Blaise Pascal In other words, men who claim to be the wisest among us have said just about every foolish thing you could imagine.

joelwlynn: Blaise Pascal on faith: "If we must not act save on certainty... we must do nothing at all, for nothing is certain." Everyday we reasonably act on all number of uncertainties. A leap of faith is as natural as planning for retirement or buying groceries for one's next meal

RaspiArduino: Uncertain fortune is thoroughly mastered by the equity of the calculation. -- Blaise Pascal

iMoGalore: Writers Inspirational Quotes I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter. - Blaise Pascal

ozcandemiral259: 68. “The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.” —Blaise Pascal

ademtunc874: 68. “The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.” —Blaise Pascal

3StoneEntertain: The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of. ~Blaise Pascal

aviladorador: “The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.” Blaise Pascal

psposdknxsj: “My unity which doesn’t have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.” –Blaise Pascal

PChiemezu: “All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone” ~Blaise Pascal

IlluminatiExpr1: “All human evil comes from a single cause, man’s inability to sit still in a room.” Blaise Pascal

cabliquigan: “The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.” — Blaise Pascal

Tammy_Richard: "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." (Blaise Pascal)

AceOfAfrica: “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” ― Blaise Pascal

alexandregazola: "There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each man which cannot be satisfied by any created thing but only by God the Creator, made know through Jesus Christ." — Blaise Pascal

LonoaboN: “When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.” — Blaise Pascal

rictherat: “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious convection.” - Blaise Pascal

RonixMatthew143: "People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive." ~ Blaise Pascal

mmmcgonigle: “The new secular cults of wokeism, gender ideology, COVIDism and climateism prey on this vacuum of purpose and meaning. Blaise Pascal famously said that if you have a hole the size of God in your heart and God doesn’t fill it, then something else will.”

TreadmillRaver1: Notes: up until 2:13, I heard the content of the In Our Time podcast on Blaise Pascal. First observation, the title of the work lauded is The Provincial Letters, not the Pensees. The PL are a series of writings addressing the religious controversy of the time in France over the

Often_Quoted: “Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other.” —Blaise Pascal

tBow87: Blaise Pascal famously said that if you have a hole the size of God in your heart and God doesn’t fill it, then something else will. 

RodreckMatsveru: "People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive." ~ Blaise Pascal

rc_wisehack: "'To extreme sickness,' said [Blaise] Pascal, 'one must apply extreme remedies.' Very clever, of course, but what did he mean by *extreme remedies*?" --Gore Vidal, "Frederic Prokosch: The European Connection", p. 39

crevinfo: Before the month ends, be sure to read about our Scientist of the Month for March: Blaise Pascal. Be astonished at all he accomplished in just 39 years of life.

LuckLegends: Apologies to Blaise Pascal and Mark Twain: "I would have written you a shorter game, but I lacked the time."

bitsmith6: Everyone else is brown nosing future AGI in a vain notion of some kind of “Roko’s Wager”, prostrate in it’s holiness like a 21st Century Blaise Pascal sycophant… Meanwhile I still call my Siri a cunt.

3StoneEntertain: The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of. ~Blaise Pascal

cdwITMonitor: I have made this letter longer then usual because I lacked the time to make it shorter. Blaise Pascal

salehdgtl: "I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." -Blaise Pascal. Every writer learns the hard way, it's easier to write long than to write short. How do you accurately and interestingly sum up an entire story in just a few words?

adnanalkhouli: “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal - 1654

SugarDuckyYaz: "Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed" -- Blaise Pascal

XianMind: "When all is equally agitated, nothing appears to be agitated, as in a ship. When all tend to debauchery, none appears to do so. He who stops draws attention to the excess of others, like a fixed point." -Blaise Pascal

hollygolden68: “The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.” —Blaise Pascal

chuckvtt: One of my favorite quotes sums it up nicely, “All of man’s problems stem from his inability to sit alone in a room for any length of time.” – Blaise Pascal

ruthsullivan63: “The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.” —Blaise Pascal

Mike_May_Quotes: So that the art of persuasion consists as much in that of pleasing as in that of convincing, so much more are men governed by caprice than by reason! (Blaise Pascal, 1623–1662)

reynapacheco25: “The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.” —Blaise Pascal

Nabi89Khan: All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. Blaise Pascal

3adionaSabona: Blaise Pascal said, “All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.”

LifeCoachMary: All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone. - Blaise Pascal

Justice78602373: Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. - Blaise Pascal Usual Suspects In SSRCase

a1szw1234: “My unity which doesn’t have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.” –Blaise Pascal

abettertodaymag: "The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing." - Blaise Pascal

JeromeMarais01: Blaise Pascal was philosophe too. A lost genius in our century.

VivekGRamaswamy: One of my favorite scientists, Blaise Pascal, said it best: if you have a hole the size of God in your heart & God doesn’t fill it, something else will. Thank you to Crossroads Church in Council Bluffs, IA for welcoming me and my son this morning.

AllOnFire: Writers Inspirational Quotes I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter. - Blaise Pascal

GSWSyndicate: I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. ~Blaise Pascal

CaaAokiSan: “My unity which doesn’t have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.” –Blaise Pascal

4321sao: “My unity which doesn’t have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.” –Blaise Pascal

HourlyQuotesBot: We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart. — Blaise Pascal

JohnHBLee: Jesus Christ, whom both the two Testaments regard, the Old as its hope, the New as its model, and both as their centre. Blaise Pascal

Justice78602373: The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. —Blaise Pascal Sushant Missed Beyond Measure

thestammerpt: "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." Blaise Pascal

MichaelMufasa: "I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter". - Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

sohomomoh: Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. - Blaise Pascal

edpearce080759: On March 24, 1656, the great French mathematician Blaise Pascal's niece, Marguerite Périer, was healed of an incurable eye disease by a Jansenist. The healing made a great impression on the public and all Catholic Paris acclaimed a miracle.

pkeefee5: “My unity which doesn’t have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.” –Blaise Pascal

RalphGailMM: In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. -Blaise Pascal ROOMantic26ETHER RALPHGAIL

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JohnKayaking: "Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not know what is our life, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves. Blaise Pascal" Jesus Thou Joy of loving hearts

TheNewPhil: "All the misfortunes of men arise from one thing only, that they are unable to stay quietly in their own room.” - Blaise Pascal [The French philosopher could well have added to the end of his quote the words: “without consuming information”.] From the Distraction edition.

Thouotes: “Human life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.” — Blaise Pascal

Thouotes: “Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.” — Blaise Pascal

TomHoefling: “I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." -- Blaise Pascal (Letter 16, 1657)

TomHoefling: “There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.” -- Blaise Pascal

JWilliamCupp: Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength. -Blaise Pascal-

JohnOmoju: It is more advantageous for religious skeptics (Atheists) to embrace a believe In God, as they ultimately have more to loose if an higher power is revealed after death. -Blaise Pascal (1650, "Wager")

JohnOmoju: All of mankind problems stems (emanate) from their inability to sit quietly in a room alone -Blaise Pascal

JohnOmoju: We naturally think that we can reach the centre of things than embrace their circumference. - Blaise Pascal

JohnOmoju: As I know not whence I come, so I know not whither I go; only this I know, that on departing this world, I shall either fall for ever into nothingness, or into the hands of an offended God, without knowing which of these 2 conditions shall eternally be my lot. -Blaise Pascal

JohnOmoju: "I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world " -Blaise Pascal

PhilosophyyBot: "All of a man's problems stem from his inability to sit quietly in a room." - Blaise Pascal

Mike_May_Quotes: The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men. (Blaise Pascal, 1623–1662)

Is2021OverYet: "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." - Blaise Pascal

hey_1028: "It is not certain that everything is uncertain."--by Blaise Pascal

TrainingMindful: “When we are in love, we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.” ~ Blaise Pascal

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