Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, bu…

Blaise Pascal
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Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him. ✨ Blaise Pascal, Nkosi Ajanaku (1838). Thoughts on Religion and Philosophy, p.56
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