Jesus is a God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair. - Blaise Pascal

Le silence eternel des ces espaces infinis m'effraie - The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

Diversion. Sometimes, when I set to thinking the various activities of men, the dangers and troubles which they face at Court, or in war, giving rise to so many quarrels and passions, daring and often wicked enterprises and so on, I have often said the soul cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in a room. A man wealthy enough for life’s needs would never leave home to go to sea or besiege some fortress if he knew how to stay at home and enjoy it. (Page 32)