959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

Is it courage in a dying man to go, in weakness and in agony, to affront an almighty and eternal God?

The best defense against logic is ignorance.

Death itself is less painful when it comes upon us unawares than the bare contemplation of it, even when danger is far distant.

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the truth discover it

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart." - Blaise Pascal

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.

We feel neither extreme heat nor extreme cold; qualities that are in excess are so much at variance with our feelings that they are impalpable: we do not feel them, though we suffer from their effects.