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
Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber. — 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
Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Nothing is so insufferable to man as to be completely at rest, without passions, without business, without diversion, without study. He then… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“All of human unhappiness comes from one single thing: not knowing how to remain at rest in a room.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
No one is discontented at not being a king except a discrowned king ... unhappiness almost invariably indicates the existence of a… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
There is nothing so insupportable to man as to be in entire repose, without passion, occupation, amusement, or application. Then it is… — 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