“Wisdom leads us back to childhood. Except ye become as little children.” — Blaise Pascal Childhood Copy Share Image
“Man is neither angel nor brute, and the unfortunate thing is that he who would act the angel acts the brute.” — Blaise Pascal Angel Copy Share Image
If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster... what a contradiction, what a prodigy — Blaise Pascal Chimera Copy Share Image
Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind… — Blaise Pascal Blind Copy Share Image
“We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us seeing it.” — Blaise Pascal Abyss Copy Share Image
The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the night of God. — Blaise Pascal Beauty Copy Share Image
Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“I feel that it is possible that I might never have existed, for my self consists in thought; therefore I who think… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Do not be astonished to see simple people believing without argument. God makes them love him and hate themselves. He inclines their… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but… — Blaise Pascal Charity Copy Share Image
Curiosity is only in vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage… — Blaise Pascal Curiosity Copy Share Image
“To be of noble birth is a great advantage. In eighteen years it places a man within the select circle, known and… — Blaise Pascal Noble Copy Share Image
All men are almost led to believe not of proof, but by attraction. This way is base, ignoble, and irrelevant; every one… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid… — Blaise Pascal Death Copy Share Image
“Reverend Fathers, my letters do not customarily follow one another so closely, nor are they usually so extensive. The little time I… — Blaise Pascal Fathers Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It… — Blaise Pascal Angel Copy Share Image
Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, because they want to comprehend at a… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
You see, if the height of the mercury [barometer] column is less on the top of a mountain than at the foot… — Blaise Pascal Abhorrence Copy Share Image
“It would therefore be a good thing for us to obey laws and customs because they are laws: to know that there… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of… — Blaise Pascal Action Copy Share Image
According to the doctrine of chance, you ought to put yourself to the trouble of searching for the truth; for if you… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Power rules the world, not opinion, but it is opinion that exploits power. It is power that makes opinion. To be easygoing… — Blaise Pascal Opinion Copy Share Image
“For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point… — Blaise Pascal Infinity Copy Share Image
![“Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid means of escaping from it. But diversion amuses us, and leads us unconsciously to death.” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2db/blaise-pascal-167_death_without-diversion-we-would-be-in-a-state_820008.jpg)
![“You see, if the height of the mercury [barometer] column is less on the top of a mountain than at the foot of it (as I have many reasons for believing, although everyone who has so far written about it is of the contrary opinion), it follows that the weight of the air must be the sole cause of the…” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f38/blaise-pascal-167_abhorrence_you-see-if-the-height-of-the-mercury-bar_797719.jpg)
