959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

God is enough for them.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble. So those on scepticism cause believers to affirm. Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, few doubtingly of scepticism.

Nature confuses the skeptics and reason confutes the dogmatists.

Not to be mad is another form of madness.

We conceal it from ourselves in vain – we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.

How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don’t admire at all.

If we look at our work immediately after completing it, we are still too involved; if too long afterwards, we cannot pick up the thread again. It.

Kind words produce their images on men’s souls.

All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one’s self.