That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides… — Blaise Pascal Love Copy Share Image
“We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us seeing it.” — Blaise Pascal Abyss Copy Share Image
The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the night of God. — Blaise Pascal Beauty Copy Share Image
“Man is neither angel nor brute, and the unfortunate thing is that he who would act the angel acts the brute.” — Blaise Pascal Angel Copy Share Image
Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind… — Blaise Pascal Blind Copy Share Image
What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster... what a contradiction, what a prodigy — Blaise Pascal Chimera Copy Share Image
How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Fashion is a tyrant from which nothing frees us. We must suit ourselves to its fantastic tastes. But being compelled to live… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“We know that we are not dreaming, but, however unable we may be to prove it rationally, our inability proves nothing but… — Blaise Pascal Dreams Copy Share Image
When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
To find recreation in amusements is not happiness; for this joy springs from alien and extrinsic sources, and is therefore dependent upon… — Blaise Pascal Accidents Copy Share Image
There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity of all time, or the small part of space… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their… — Blaise Pascal Beautiful Copy Share Image
What reason have atheists for saying that we cannot rise again? That what has never been, should be, or that what has… — Blaise Pascal Atheist Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If we dreamed the same thing every night, it would affect us much as the objects we see every day. And if… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole… — Blaise Pascal Advantage Copy Share Image
“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I… — Blaise Pascal Eternity Copy Share Image
There are three means of believing--by inspiration, by reason, and by custom. Christianity, which is the only rational institution, does yet admit… — Blaise Pascal Authority Copy Share Image
Custom creates the whole of equity, for the simple reason that it is accepted. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
To call a king "Prince" is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself. — Blaise Pascal Humble Copy Share Image
