"You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend."
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"Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists."
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"Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God."
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"Symmetry is what we see at a glance; based on the fact that there is no reason for any difference."
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"Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed."
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"The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me."
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"It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason."
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"Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science."
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"Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true and then show that it is."
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"Le silence e ternel de ces espaces infinis m'effraie. The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread."
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"It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs."
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"I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn't than live as if he doesn't exist to find out He does."
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"What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster... what a contradiction, what a prodigy"
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"The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reason through false appearances, and the senses are disturbed by passions, which produce false impressions."
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"Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce their own image on men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They smooth, and quiet, and comfort the hearer."
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"Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries."
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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 it loves."
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"I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you."
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"Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God."
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"Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not know what is our life, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves."
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