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Blaise Pascal Quotes

Blaise Pascal quotes about humanity

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

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Blaise Pascal quote: "Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must..."
Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known. Blaise Pascal
The human being is only a reed, the most feeble in nature; but this is a thinking reed. It isn't necessary for the entire universe to arm itself in order to crush him; a whiff of vapor, a taste of water, suffices to kill him. But when the universe crushes him, the human being becomes still more noble than that which kills him, because he knows that he is dying, and the advantage that the universe has over him. The universe, it does not have a clue."All our dignity consists, then, in thought.... 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
It is not in space that I must seek my human dignity, but in the ordering of my thought. It will do me no good to own land. Through space the universe grasps me and swallows me up like a speck; through thought I grasp it. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former..."
Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit..."
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to..."
All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Do you want it always to cost me the blood of my humanity..."
Do you want it always to cost me the blood of my humanity while you do not even shed a tear? Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's..."
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal

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