Man’s sensitivity to little things and insensitivity to the greatest things are marks of a strange disorder. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “We owe a great debt to those…”
We owe a great debt to those who point out our faults for they humiliate us… They prepare for us the exercise of correction and freedom from fault. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “I possess the truth…”
I possess the truth, and we shall see who will take it away. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “Take away their diversion…”
Take away their diversion, and you will see them dried up with weariness. They feel then their nothingness without knowing it… If our condition were truly happy, we would not need diversion. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “Man is so made that by continually telling him he is a fool…”
Man is so made that by continually telling him he is a fool he believes it, and by continually telling it to himself he makes himself believe it. For man holds an inward talk with himself, which it pays him to regulate… We must keep silent as much as possible, and talk with ourselves only of God, whom we know […]
Blaise Pascal Quote – “Man is obviously made to think…”
Man is obviously made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit and his whole duty to think as he ought. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “Human things must be known to be loved…”
Human things must be known to be loved, but Divine things must be loved to be known. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “In proportion as our own mind is enlarged…”
In proportion as our own mind is enlarged, we discover a greater number of men of originality. Common-place people see no difference between one man and another. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “This resting in ignorance is a monstrous thing…”
This resting in ignorance is a monstrous thing, and they who pass their life in it must be made to feel its extravagance and stupidity, by having it shown to them, so that they may be confounded by the sight of their folly. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “There is no consolation except…”
There is no consolation except in truth alone. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)