959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster... what a contradiction, what a prodigy

Evil is easily discovered; there is an infinite variety; good is almost unique. But some kinds of evil are almost as difficult to discover as that which we call good; and often particular evil of this class passes for good. It needs even a certain greatness of soul to attain to this, as to that which is good.

I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.

That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.

All men naturally hate one another. I hold it a fact, that if men knew exactly what one says of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.

Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.

The last advance of reason is to recognize that it is surpassed by innumerable things; it is feeble if it cannot realize that.

All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms.

Our senses will not admit anything extreme. Too much noise confuses us, too much light dazzles us, too great distance or nearness prevents vision, too great prolixity or brevity weakens an argument, too much pleasure gives pain, too much accordance annoys.