959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

Let us then strive to think well; that is basic principle of morality. (54)

Thought constitutes the greatness of man. Man is a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Through space the universe grasps me and swallows me up like a speck; through thought I grasp it. (Page 21)

If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion will be absurd and ridiculous . . . There are two equally dangerous extremes: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason.

Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

If our condition were truly happy we should not need to divert ourselves from thinking about it. (12)

No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth

I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.

Nie betrieben die Menschen das Böse so umfassend und freudig wie aus religiöser Überzeugung.