959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

Quand on voit le style naturel, on est tout e tonne et ravi, car on s’attendait de voir un auteur, et on trouve un homme. When we see a natural style we are quite amazed and delighted, because we expected to see an author and find a man.

Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.

Quelque e tendue d’esprit que l’on ait, l’on n’est capable que d’une grande passion. However vast a man’s spirit, he is only capable of one great passion.

There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition.

Two things control men’s nature, instinct and experience.

Who knows if this other half of life where we think we’re awake is not another sleep a little different from the first.

It’s not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It’s those who write the songs.

Man’s sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

All human evil comes from a single cause, man’s inability to sit still in a room.