Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
BLAISE PASCALFear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
BLAISE PASCALHow hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!
BLAISE PASCALIf you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it’s possible, in everything.
BLAISE PASCALThe supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
BLAISE PASCALThe heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
BLAISE PASCALAll our dignity lies in our thoughts.
BLAISE PASCALCuriosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
BLAISE PASCALAnd is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?
BLAISE PASCALIt is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.
BLAISE PASCALThere is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition.
BLAISE PASCALMan’s greatness lies in his power of thought.
BLAISE PASCALHaving been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
BLAISE PASCALClarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
BLAISE PASCALDo you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
BLAISE PASCALWhen intuition and logic agree, you are always right.
BLAISE PASCALDistraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.
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