959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

Vanity is illustrated in the cause and effect of love, as in the case of Cleopatra.

Those who make antitheses by forcing the sense are like men who make false windows for the sake of symmetry. Their rule is not to speak justly, but to make accurate figures.

Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will.

The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

I take it as a matter not to be disputed, that if all knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world. This seems proved by the quarrels and disputes caused by the disclosures which are occasionally made.

All of our dignity consists in thought. Let us endeavor then to think well; this is the principle of morality.

By thought I embrace the universe.

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.