--- title: "3 Cause and effect Quotes By Blaise Pascal" description: "3 Cause and effect quotes by Blaise Pascal. Plus more from Blaise Pascal and more Cause and effect sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/blaise-pascal-167_cases_vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-e_68330.jpg" --- > [Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-effect-of-love-as-in-the-case/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/blaise-pascal-167_cases_vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-e_68330.jpg) > [“In every action we must look beyond the action at our past, present and future state, and at others whom it affects,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/in-every-action-we-must-look-beyond-the-action-at-our-past-present/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/blaise-pascal-167_actions_in-every-action-we-must-look-beyond-the_1624236.jpg) > [“If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/if-man-made-himself-the-first-object-of-study-he-would-see-how-2/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/blaise-pascal-167_causality_if-man-made-himself-the-first-object-of_2119405.jpg) ## Other authors on Cause and effect - [Dada Bhagwan 94 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cause-and-effect/dada-bhagwan/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cause-and-effect/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hume-27582.jpg) David Hume 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cause-and-effect/david-hume/) ## More by Blaise Pascal > [“Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/do-they-think-that-they-have-given-us-great-pleasure-by-telling-us/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-should-be-in-eloquence-that-which-is-pleasing-and-that-which-is/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [The method of not erring is sought by all the world. The logicians profess to guide it, the geometricians alone attain it, and apart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-method-of-not-erring-is-sought-by-all-the-world-the-logicians/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/when-we-read-too-fast-or-too-slowly-we-understand-nothing/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/mahomet-established-a-religion-by-putting-his-enemies-to-death-jesus/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Reflect on death as in Jesus Christ, not as without Jesus Christ. Without Jesus Christ it is dreadful, it is alarming, it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/reflect-on-death-as-in-jesus-christ-not-as-without-jesus-christ/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-stoics-say-retire-within-yourselves-it-is-there-you-will-find/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/happiness-can-be-found-neither-in-ourselves-nor-in-external-things/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/amusement-that-is-excessive-and-followed-only-for-its-own-sake/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Rivers are highways that move on and bear us whither we wish to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/rivers-are-highways-that-move-on-and-bear-us-whither-we-wish-to-go/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire truth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-desire-truth-and-find-within-ourselves-only-uncertainty-we-seek/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-effect-of-love-as-in-the-case/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [“There is no denying it; one must admit that there is something astonishing about Christianity. 'It is because you were born in it,' they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-is-no-denying-it-one-must-admit-that-there-is-something/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [Imagination is the deceptive part in man, the mistress of error and falsehood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/imagination-is-the-deceptive-part-in-man-the-mistress-of-error-and/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) > [The majority is the best way, because it is visible, and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/the-majority-is-the-best-way-because-it-is-visible-and-has-strength/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cause-and-effect/blaise-pascal/#itemlist", "name": "3 Cause and effect Quotes By Blaise Pascal", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blaise Pascal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-effect-of-love-as-in-the-case/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/blaise-pascal-167_cases_vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-e_68330.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/blaise-pascal-167_cases_vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-e_68330.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/blaise-pascal-167_cases_vanity-is-illustrated-in-the-cause-and-e_68330.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.” — Blaise Pascal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In every action we must look beyond the action at our past, present and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all these things.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blaise Pascal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/in-every-action-we-must-look-beyond-the-action-at-our-past-present/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/blaise-pascal-167_actions_in-every-action-we-must-look-beyond-the_1624236.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/blaise-pascal-167_actions_in-every-action-we-must-look-beyond-the_1624236.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/blaise-pascal-167_actions_in-every-action-we-must-look-beyond-the_1624236.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In every action we must look beyond the action at our past, present and future state, and at others whom it…” — Blaise Pascal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. 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