Blaise Pascal Quotes

There are only two classes of consistent people: those who enjoy God because they believe in him, and those who suffer because they do not possess him.

The conscience is the best moral book we have.

Our imagination enlarges the present time so much that we turn eternity into nothing, and nothing into eternity.

We never truly live, but instead we hope to live; and as we are always preparing to be happy, it is inevitable that we never are.

Justice over force is impotence, force without justice is tyranny.

Two excesses: excluding reason, admitting nothing but reason.

Our nature is in motion. Absolute rest is death.

Nature has perfections to show that it is an image of God, and imperfections to prove that it is only an image.

Morality is the science par excellence; it is the art of living well and being happy.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I have no time to make it shorter.

The one who doubts and does not investigate becomes not only unhappy, but also unjust.

Misfortune reveals to the soul lights that prosperity fails to perceive.