One-half of life is admitted by us to be passed in sleep, in which, however, it may appear otherwise, we have no… — Blaise Pascal Awake Copy Share Image
“What sort of freak then is man! How novel, how monstrous, how chaotic, how paradoxical, how prodigious! Judge of all things, feeble… — Blaise Pascal Humanity Copy Share Image
Orthodoxy on one side of the Pyrenees may be heresy on the other. — Blaise Pascal Heresy Copy Share Image
“They prefer death to peace, others prefer death to war. Any opinion can be preferred to life, which it seems so natural… — Blaise Pascal Death Copy Share Image
“To be of noble birth is a great advantage. In eighteen years it places a man within the select circle, known and… — Blaise Pascal Thirty years Copy Share Image
Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will. — Blaise Pascal Clarity 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 All things Copy Share Image
Not only do we know God through Jesus Christ, we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ. — Blaise Pascal Christ Copy Share Image
Our reason is always disappointed by the inconstancy of appearances. — Blaise Pascal Appearance Copy Share Image
“Eloquence is painted thought, and thus those who, after having painted it, add somewhat more, make a picture, not a portrait.” — Blaise Pascal Description Copy Share Image
Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself. — Blaise Pascal Complaining Copy Share Image
According to the doctrine of chance, you ought to put yourself to the trouble of searching for the truth; for if you… — Blaise Pascal Causes Copy Share Image
“There is nothing we can now call our own, for what we call so is the effect of art; crimes are made… — Blaise Pascal Art Copy Share Image
Just as all things speak about God to those that know Him, and reveal Him to those that love Him, they also… — Blaise Pascal Speak Copy Share Image
“The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding the sight of all our miseries, which press upon us and take us by the throat, we have an instinct which… — Blaise Pascal Instinct Copy Share Image
“What a Chimera is man! What a novelty, a monster, a chaos, a contradiction, a prodigy! Judge of all things, an imbecile… — Blaise Pascal Mankind Copy Share Image
We are never in search of things, but always in search of the search. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“I see the terrifying spaces of the universe that enclose me, and I find myself attached to a corner of this vast… — Blaise Pascal Astronomy Copy Share Image
When we see an effect happen always in the same manner, we infer that it takes place by a natural necessity; as,… — Blaise Pascal Deceiving Copy Share Image
“When you say that Christ did not die for all men, you are abusing a weakness of men, who at once apply… — Blaise Pascal Hope Copy Share Image
How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals. — Blaise Pascal Admiration Copy Share Image
Le silence est la plus grande perse cution: jamais les saints ne se sont tus. Silence is the greatest of all persecutions:… — Blaise Pascal Persecution Copy Share Image
You corrupt religion either in favour of your friends, or against your enemies. — Blaise Pascal Enemy Copy Share Image
Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you… — Blaise Pascal Heart Copy Share Image
