Are you less a slave by being loved and favored by your master?… Your master favors you; he will soon beat you. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “We run carelessly to the cliff…”
We run carelessly to the cliff, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “The knowledge of God without…”
The knowledge of God without that of man’s misery causes pride. The knowledge of man’s misery without that of God causes despair. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “There are people in the world who…”
There are people in the world, who, having renounced all the laws of God and nature, have made laws for themselves which they strictly obey. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “We are foolish to depend on the society of our fellow-men…”
We are foolish to depend on the society of our fellow-men… they will not aid us… We should seek the truth without hesitation, and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “Notwithstanding the sight of all those miseries…”
Notwithstanding the sight of all those miseries which wring us, and threaten our destruction, we have still an instinct that we cannot repress, which elevates us above our sorrows. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “Observe yourselves.”
Observe yourselves. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “The greatness and the wretchedness of men…”
The greatness and the wretchedness of men are so evident that the true religion must necessarily teach us both that there is in man some great source of greatness, and a great source of wretchedness. It must then give us an explanation of these astonishing contradictions. In order to make man happy, it must prove to him that there is […]
Blaise Pascal Quote – “Let each one examine his thoughts…”
Let each one examine his thoughts, and he will find them all occupied with the past and the future. We scarcely ever think of the present, and if we think of it, it is only to take light from it to arrange the future. So we never live, but we hope to live; and, as we are always preparing to […]
Blaise Pascal Quote – “We do not content ourselves…”
We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we desire to shine. We labor unceasingly to adorn and preserve this imaginary existence, and neglect the real. And if we possess calmness or generosity or truthfulness, […]