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Him Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.
- I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
- Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.
- There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who…
- We can only know God well when we know our own sin. And those who have known God without knowing their wretchedness have not glorified…
- When I see the blind and wretched state of men, when I survey the whole universe in its deadness, and man left to himself with…
- There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and…
- Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.
- It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous…
- If he exalts himself, I humble him. If he humbles himself, I exalt him. And I go on contradicting him Until he understands That he…
- Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take…
- When a soldier complains of his hard life (or a labourer, etc.) try giving him nothing to do.
- Each man is everything to himself, for with his death everything is dead for him. That is why each of us thinks he is everything…
- The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.
- Let a man choose what condition he will, and let him accumulate around him all the goods and gratifications seemingly calculated to make him happy…
- When a natural discourse paints a passion or an effect, one feels within oneself the truth of what one reads, which was there before, although…
- The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge of…
- Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not having revealed so much of Himself; and you will also…
More Him Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not… — Francis of Assisi
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson
- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe
- Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. — Wystan Hugh Auden