When we would show any one that he is mistaken, our best course is to observe on what side he considers 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
God is, or He is not." But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
No one is offended at not seeing everything; but one does not like to be mistaken, and that perhaps arises from the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
This is what I see, and what troubles me. I look on all sides, and everywhere I see nothing but obscurity. Nature… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike. — 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
