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.
BLAISE PASCALTruth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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Man’s sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.
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Lord, help me to do great things as though they were little, since I do them with your power; And little things as though they were great, since I do them in your name!
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Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.
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Imagination decides everything.
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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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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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Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.
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In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
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All our dignity lies in our thoughts.
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Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.
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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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The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.
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Great and small suffer the same mishaps.
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