Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
BLAISE PASCALMutual cheating is the foundation of society.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.
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The Christian religion teaches me two points-that there is a God whom men can know, and that their nature is so corrupt that they are unworthy of Him.
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Faith is a gift of God.
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I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
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It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.
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Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.
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Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.
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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
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All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.
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Imagination decides everything.
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Human life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.
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There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition.
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Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is.
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Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
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