Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
BLAISE PASCALMan’s sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.
More Blaise Pascal Quotes
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All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.
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And 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?
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Wisdom leads us back to childhood.
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We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.
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All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.
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All our dignity lies in our thoughts.
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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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When intuition and logic agree, you are always right.
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What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.
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Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
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The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.
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If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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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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