Blaise Pascal
View AuthorOne of man's main diseases is his restless curiosity to know what he cannot possibly know.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorThe queen of the world is force and not opinion; but it is opinion that uses force.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorEloquence is a painting of the mind, and for this reason those who, after painting, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorIt is miserable to know oneself to be miserable, but it is great to recognize that one is miserable.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorWhen we read too quickly or too slowly, we don't understand anything.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorThe ones who possess the spirit of discernment know how much difference can exist between two similar words, depending on the places and circumstances that accompany them.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorWhat is man within nature? Nothing compared to the infinite. Everything compared to nothing. An intermediary between nothing and everything.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorWe possess neither the truth nor the good, except in part and mixed with falsehood and with evil.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorEvery religion that does not affirm that God is hidden, is not true.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorLittle consoles us because little afflicts us.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorReason is very weak unless it comes to understand that there are many things that surpass it.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorThe last thing one knows is where to start.