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Blaise Pascal Quotes

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French Philosopher, Mathematician June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662

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Blaise Pascal quote: "The true religion would have to teach greatness and..."
The true religion would have to teach greatness and wretchedness, inspire self-esteem and self-contempt, love and hate. Blaise Pascal
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves. Blaise Pascal
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? Blaise Pascal
Extreme intelligence is accused of being as foolish as extreme lack of it; only moderation is good. The majority have laid this down and attack anyone who deviates from it towards any extreme whatever. I am not going to be awkward, I readily consent to being put in the middle and refuse to be at the bottom end, not because it is the bottom but because it is the end, for I should refuse just as much to be put at the top. It is deserting humanity to desert the middle way. The greatness of... Blaise Pascal
I do not admire the excess of a virtue as of valour, except I see at the same time the excess of the opposite virtue, as in Epaminondas, who had the greatest valour and the greatest kindness. For otherwise it is not to rise, it is to fall. We do not display greatness by going to one extreme, but in touching both at once, and filling all the intervening space. Blaise Pascal
It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous to make too much of his greatness without his vileness. It is still more dangerous to leave him in ignorance of both, but it is most valuable to represent both to him. Man must not be allowed to believe that he is equal either to animals or to angels, nor to be unaware of either, but he must know both. Blaise Pascal
Imagination magnifies small objects with fantastic exaggeration until they fill our soul, and with bold insolence cuts down great things to its own size, as when speaking of God. Blaise Pascal
This religion so great in miracles, in men holy, pure and irreproachable, in scholars, great witnesses and martyrs, established kings - David - Isaiah, a prince of the blood; so great in knowledge, after displaying all its miracles and all its wisdom, rejects it all and says that it offers neither wisdom nor signs, but only the Cross and folly. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to..."
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Man's greatness lies in his power of thought."
Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. Blaise Pascal
The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their..."
The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds..."
Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be..."
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched. Blaise Pascal
One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within himself. In a word man knows he is wretched. Thus he is wretched because he is so, but he is truly great because he knows it. Blaise Pascal

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