959 Quotes by Blaise Pascal

Those who write against vanity want the glory of having written well, and their readers the glory of reading well, and I who write this have the same desire, as perhaps those who read this have also.

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.

Who confers reputation? who gives respect and veneration to persons, to books, to great men? Who but Opinion? How utterly insufficient are all the riches of the world without her approbation!

Eloquence is the painting of thought ...

We never live, but we hope to live; and as we are always arranging to be happy, it must be that we never are so.

Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind or smoke, and saying it moreover in tones of pride and satisfaction? Is this then something to be said gaily? Is it not on the contrary something to be said sadly, as being the saddest thing in the world?

It is not certain that everything is uncertain.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.