959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

Not only do we know God through Jesus Christ, we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ.

Education produces natural intuitions, and natural intuitions are erased by education.

Seeing too much to deny and too little to be sure, I am in a state to be pitied.

If god does not exist, one loses nothing by believing in him anyway, while if he does exist, one stands to lose everything by not believing.

Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Making fun of philosophy is really philosophising.

The world is satisfied with words. Few appreciate the things beneath. [Fr., Le monde se paye de paroles; peu approfondissement les choses.]