“Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
There are three means of believing--by inspiration, by reason, and by custom. Christianity, which is the only rational institution, does yet admit… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Whilst in speaking of human things, we say that it is necessary to know them before we love can them. The saints… — 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 Copy Share Image
Extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them.… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“ Two contrary reasons . We must begin with that, otherwise we cannot understand anything and everything is heretical. And even at… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
The method of not erring is sought by all the world. The logicians profess to guide it, the geometricians alone attain it, and apart… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
Reflect on death as in Jesus Christ, not as without Jesus Christ. Without Jesus Christ it is dreadful, it is alarming, it is the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
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
Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire truth and… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
“There is no denying it; one must admit that there is something astonishing about Christianity. 'It is because you were born in it,' they… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
Imagination is the deceptive part in man, the mistress of error and falsehood. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
The majority is the best way, because it is visible, and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share
![“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/quotes/i/f38/blaise-pascal-167_abhorrence_you-see-if-the-height-of-the-mercury-bar_797719.jpg)
