Blaise Pascal Quotes

Nu m-ai fi cautat, daca nu m-ai fi gasit

O coração tem razões que a Razão desconhece.

Let us then take our compass; we are something, and we are not everything. The nature of our existence hides from us the knowledge of first beginnings which are born of the Nothing; and the littleness of our being conceals from us the sight of the Infinite. Our intellect holds the same position in the world of thought as our body occupies in the expanse of nature.

L'art de persuader consiste autant en celui d'agréer qu'en celui de convaincre, tant les hommes se gouvernent plus par caprice que par raison.

When I see the blindness and the wretchedness of man, when I regard the whole silent universe, and man without light, left to himself, and, as it were, lost in this corner of the universe, without knowing who has put him there, what he has come to do, what will become of him at death, and incapable of all knowledge, I become terrified, like a man who should be carried in his sleep to a dreadful desert island, and should awake without knowing where he is, and without means of escape. And thereupon I wonder how people in a condition so wretched do not fall into despair.

Civil war in man between reason and passions.

If there were only reason without passions.

If there were only passions without reason.

But since he has both he cannot be free from war, for he can only be at peace with the one if he is at war with the other.

Our own interest is another wonderful instrument for blinding us agreeably.

No man ever believes with a true and saving faith unless God incline his heart, and no man when God does incline his heart can refrain from believing.

Jesus Christ is the god whom we approach without pride, and before whom we humble ourselves without despair.

A true friend is so great an advantage, even for the greatest lords, in order that he may speak well of them, and back them in their absence, that they should do all to have one.

Do not mistake yourself by believing that your being has something in it more exalted than that of others.

The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.

God has never abandoned His true worshipers.

There are three sources of belief: reason, custom, inspiration.

Wisdom is a return to childhood.