Blaise Pascal Quotes
Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate and justly convinced. But to those who do not have it, we can give it only by reasoning, waiting for God to give them spiritual insight, without which faith is only human and useless for salvation.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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I would go home and be this insular girl who listened to music and brooded in her bedroom.
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I secretly want to be a rapper!
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I love a good loser.
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It is possible to reclaim your future, to build a happy life despite an imperfect past. We can order the universe to our will and mind.
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I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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Salvation is not a plan; it's a Man.
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Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate and justly convinced. But to those who do not have it, we can give it only by reasoning, waiting for God to give them spiritual insight, without which faith is only human and useless for salvation.
