The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.
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Man is full of desires he loves only those who can satisfy them all. 'This man is a good mathematician,' someone will say. But I have no concern for mathematics he would take me for a proposition. 'That one is a good soldier.' He would take me for a besieged town. I need, that is to say, a decent man who can accommodate himself to all my desires in a general sort of way.Blaise Pascal
Mathematicians, who are only mathematicians, have exact minds, provided all things are explained to them by means of definitions and axioms otherwise they are inaccurate and insufferable, for they are only right when the principles are quite clear
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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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Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what he loves.
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The heart has its reasons, whereof reason knows nothing. (La coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point)
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To deny, to believe, and to doubt absolutely -- this is for man what running is for a horse.
Blaise Pascal
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