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Blaise Pascal

19 June 1623-19 August 1662

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Appearance is often a domain in which it is revealed that we are not satisfied with real life... we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.

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Atheism is an indication of spiritual vigor but only to a certain degree.

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Avoidance is the decision man makes in order to be happy to not to think about his inability to cure his death, his wretchedness, and his ignorance.

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Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us.

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Belief is derived from action. If you kneel down, pray, and act as if you believe, belief will come by itself . The idea is to 'fake it until you make it'.

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The Body is secondary to thought. We can conceive of a man without hands, feet, head. But we cannot conceive of a man without thought. He would be a stone or a brute.

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Boredom is at the root of all man's troubles, which come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.