If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ who dwells in thee. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All men naturally hate one another. I hold it a fact, that if men knew exactly what one says of the other,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Now, if the passions had no hold on us, a week and a hundred years would amount to the same. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If god does not exist, one loses nothing by believing in him anyway, while if he does exist, one stands to lose… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past or the future. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Who knows if this other half of life where we think we're awake is not another sleep a little different from the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We do not worry about being respected in towns through which we pass. But if we are going to remain in one… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Pride counterbalances all our miseries, for it either hides them, or, if it discloses them, boasts of that disclosure. Pride has such… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Human life is thus only a perpetual illusion; men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is certain that those who have the living faith in their hearts see at once that all existence is none other… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
On the occasions when I have pondered over men's various activities, the dangers and worries they are exposed to at Court or… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
How comes it that a cripple does not offend us, but a fool does? Because a cripple recognizes that we walk straight,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
How can anyone lose who chooses to become a Christian? If, when he dies, there turns out to be no God and… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If a man loves a woman for her beauty, does he love her? No; for the smallpox, which destroys her beauty without… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If we let ourselves believe that man began with divine grace, that he forfeited this by sin, and that he can be… — 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
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
That queen, of error, whom we call fancy and opinion, is the more deceitful because she does not always deceive. She would… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Let a man choose what condition he will, and let him accumulate around him all the goods and gratifications seemingly calculated to… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Man is so made that if he is told often enough that he is a fool he believes it. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
When everyone is moving towards depravity, no one seems to be moving, but if someone stops he shows up the others who… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn't than live as if he doesn't exist to find… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If our condition were truly happy, we would not need diversion from thinking of it in order to make ourselves happy. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Console-toi, tu ne me chercherais pas si tu ne m'avais trouve . Comfort yourself.You would not seek me if you had not… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The last advance of reason is to recognize that it is surpassed by innumerable things; it is feeble if it cannot realize… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
How I hate this folly of not believing in the Eucharist, etc.! If the gospel be true, if Jesus Christ be God,… — 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
![“It is certain that those who have the living faith in their hearts see at once that all existence is none other than the work of the God whom they adore. But for those in whom this light is extinguished, [if we were to show them our proofs of the existence of God] nothing is more calculated to…” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/blaise-pascal-167_adore_it-is-certain-that-those-who-have-the-li_370994.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/quotes/i/f38/blaise-pascal-167_abhorrence_you-see-if-the-height-of-the-mercury-bar_797719.jpg)
![“If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then incapable of knowing either what He is or if He is. [So] you must wager. Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two…” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/blaise-pascal-167_affinity_if-there-is-a-god-he-is-infinitely-incom_664912.jpg)
![“[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed.” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/blaise-pascal-167_beauty_on-vanity-the-nose-of-cleopatra-if-it-ha_2986111.jpg)
