“Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more… — 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
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Let no one say that I have said nothing new... the arrangement of the subject is new. When we play tennis, we… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
What use is it to us to hear it said of a man that he has thrown off the yoke that he… — 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
Bless yourself with holy water, have Masses said, and so on; by a simple and natural process this will make you believe,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I take it as a matter not to be disputed, that if all knew what each said of the other, there would… — 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
I would inquire of reasonable persons whether this principle: Matter is naturally wholly incapable of thought, and this other: I think, therefore… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
That dog is mine said those poor children; that place in the sun is mine; such is the beginning and type of… — 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
