Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.
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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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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When intuition and logic agree, you are always right.
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All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.
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Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.
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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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Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
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If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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Don’t try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
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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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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
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Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
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Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
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Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.
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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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