959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.

There is a virtuous fear, which is the effect of faith; and there is a vicious fear, which is the product of doubt. The former leads to hope, as relying on God, in whom we believe; the latter inclines to despair, as not relying on God, in whom we do not believe. Persons of the one character fear to lose God; persons of the other character fear to find Him.

The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the future only as our object and aim.

Philosophers.-We are full of things which take us out of ourselves.

The truth about nature we discover with our brains. The truth about religion we discover with our hearts.

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere

There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition

We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured.

The sweetness of glory is so great that, join it to what we will, even to death, we love it.