959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

Cleopatra’s nose, had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed.

The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man’s true state.

If God exists, not seeking God must be the gravest error imaginable. If one decides to sincerely seek for God and doesn’t find God, the lost effort is negligible in comparison to what is at risk in not seeking God in the first place.

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is.

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere.

Happiness is neither within us only, or without us; it is the union of ourselves with God.

You always admire what you really don’t understand.

All mankind’s unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.

All of human unhappiness comes from one single thing: not knowing how to remain at rest in a room.