959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality.

The world is ruled by force, not by opinion; but opinion uses force.

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?

All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone.

How can anyone lose who chooses to become a Christian? If, when he dies, there turns out to be no God and his faith was in vain, he has lost nothing...If, however, there is a God and a heaven and a hell. then he has gained heaven and his skeptical friends have lost everything...

Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless.

When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.