959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

To call a king “Prince” is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank.

It is superstitious to put one’s hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them.

We show greatness, not by being at one extreme, but by touching both at once and occupying all the space in between.

Man’s greatness comes from knowing he is wretched.

Condition de l’homme: inconstance, ennui, inquie tude. Man’s condition. Inconstancy, boredom, anxiety.

Let each of us examine his thoughts.

Amusement allures and deceives us and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave.

If man is not made for God, why is he only happy in God? If man is made for God, why is he so opposed to God?

La vraie e loquence se moque de l’e loquence, la vraie morale se moque de la morale. True eloquence has notime foreloquence, true morality has no time for morality.