Faith is a gift of God.
BLAISE PASCALFaith is a gift of God.
BLAISE PASCALNothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
BLAISE PASCALPlurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.
BLAISE PASCALDistraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.
BLAISE PASCALWe never love a person, but only qualities.
BLAISE PASCALFear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.
BLAISE PASCALThe strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.
BLAISE PASCALGreat and small suffer the same mishaps.
BLAISE PASCALWisdom leads us back to childhood.
BLAISE PASCALNothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
BLAISE PASCALThere is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition.
BLAISE PASCALIf you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.
BLAISE PASCALMutual cheating is the foundation of society.
BLAISE PASCALWe 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 PASCALFaith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.
BLAISE PASCALCuriosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
BLAISE PASCAL