Author: Blaise Pascal

Quotes

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

- Blaise Pascal

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

- Blaise Pascal

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

- Blaise Pascal

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.

- Blaise Pascal

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

- Blaise Pascal

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

- Blaise Pascal

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

- Blaise Pascal

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.

- Blaise Pascal

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

- Blaise Pascal

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