959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

Thus we never live, but we hope to live; and always disposing ourselves to be happy, it is inevitable that we never become so.

Dans une grande a" me tout est grand. In a great soul everything isgreat.

If magistrates had true justice, and if physicians had the true art of healing, they would have no occasion for square caps; the majesty of these sciences would itself be venerable enough.

For nature is an image of Grace, and visible miracles are images of the invisible.

If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.

Thus our first interest and our first duty is to enlighten ourselves on this subject, whereon depends all our conduct. Therefore among those who do not believe, I make a vast difference between those who strive with all their power to inform themselv

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

All our dignity lies in our thoughts.

Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world.