Quotes by Pascal, Blaise

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we >>

If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four f >>

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselve >>

Quotations about Thoughts and Thinking

You become what you think about. >>

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes a >>

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the >>

Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature; but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapor, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than his slayer, because he knows that he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows nothing of this.

Pascal, Blaise