There are two equally dangerous extremes-to shut reason out, and to let nothing else in. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Reason's last step is to acknowledge that there are infinitely many things beyond it. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The Fall is an offense to human reason, but once accepted, it makes perfect sense of the human condition. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We must know where to doubt, where to feel certain, where to submit. He who does not do so, understands not the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Imagination cannot make fools wise, but it makes them happy, as against reason, which only makes its friends wretched: one covers them… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
When malice has reason on its side, it looks forth bravely, and displays that reason in all its luster. When austerity and… — 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
Fuller believed human societies would soon rely mainly on renewable sources of energy, such as solar- and wind-derived electricity,. envisioned an age… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipe below, although his… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
What reason have atheists for saying that we cannot rise again? That what has never been, should be, or that what has… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Our imagination so magnifies this present existence, by the power of continual reflection on it, and so attenuates eternity, by not thinking… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. We feel it in a thousand things. I say that the heart… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is the conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not… — 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
If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish… — 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
“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
