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 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

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

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

- Blaise Pascal

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

- 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

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

- Blaise Pascal

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

- Blaise Pascal

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

- Blaise Pascal

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