Blaise Pascal
45 quotations
We like to be deceived.
Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.
The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.
Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.
Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.
Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.
Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.
If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.
The gospel to me is simply irresistible.
Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing: we know this in countless ways.
If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.
Imagination decides everything.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Law, without force, is impotent.
Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.
We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.
When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.
All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.