959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even philosophers wish for them. Those who write against vanity want to have the glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the glory of having read it. I who write this have perhaps this desire, and perhaps those who will read it.

Nature diversifies and imitates; art imitates and diversifies.

When intuition and logic agree, you are always right.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

The heart has arguments with which the logic of mind is not aquainted.

The arithmetical machine produces effects that approach nearer to thought than all the actions of animals. But it does nothing that would enable us to attribute will to it, as to the animals.

There are two equally dangerous extremes-to shut reason out, and to let nothing else in.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.