We never love a person, but only qualities.
BLAISE PASCALOne-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.
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All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
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Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
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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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Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.
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Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.
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Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.
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Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.
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How hollow is the heart of man, and how full of excrement!
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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.
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The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
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