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Explore the insightful and often paradoxical world of Blaise Pascal through a collection of his most famous and thought-provoking quotes. Discover his views on faith, reason, human nature, and the universe. This compilation features profound statements that have resonated for centuries, showcasing Pascal's unique philosophical perspective.

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00:00The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.
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00:08What is man?
00:10A thinking reed.
00:13But even if the universe crushes him, man would still be nobler than that in which he perishes,
00:18because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him.
00:23The universe knows nothing of this.
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00:30All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
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00:40It is not from the understanding that the will chooses, but from the apprehension.
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00:50We must love truth and admit it when we have found it, and we must have the courage to publish
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01:01Men are so thoroughly convinced of the existence of an evil spirit that they often see him in all things,
01:07and if they do not see him, they invent him.
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01:14Justice without strength is helpless.
01:18Strength without justice is tyrannical.
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01:25The more a man knows, the more he feels his ignorance.
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01:33We seek things only to know them, and when we know them, we desire to be known by them.
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01:44Imagination is the faculty that decides what is true and what is false.
01:49It is almost entirely a faculty of error.
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01:57If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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02:06The last step of reason is to recognize that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond its
02:12reach.
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02:17Men only know how to do the worst things.
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02:55We are so foolish that we have not only forgotten God, but have lost the sense of our own misery.
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03:10We love to buy things that are expensive, and we value things that are costly.
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03:20What is the meaning of it, if the world is all vanity, and if man is all misery?
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03:31The present is never the object of our state, but only the past and the future, even of those who
03:36have no idea of time.
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