A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once. — Blaise Pascal 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 Copy Share Image
The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I do not admire a virtue like valour when it is pushed to excess, if I do not see at the same… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Man is so great that his greatness appears even in the consciousness of his misery. A tree does not know itself to… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Man's greatness is great in that he knows himself wretched. A tree does not know itself wretched. It is then being wretched… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Evil is easily discovered; there is an infinite variety; good is almost unique. But some kinds of evil are almost as difficult… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The greatness of man is so evident that it is even proved by his wretchedness. For what in animals is nature, we… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Sneezing absorbs all the functions of the soul just as much as the [sexual] act, but we do not draw from it… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
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 Image
Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
