Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All sorrow has its root in man's inability to sit quiet in a room by himself. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The sole cause of all human misery is the inability of people to sit quietly in their rooms. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
There is a certain standard of grace and beauty which consists in a certain relation between our nature, such as it is,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room. — 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
Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room. — 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
The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a silent room. — 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
