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Blaise Pascal Quotes

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

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Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted. Blaise Pascal
I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber. Blaise Pascal
There are two ways of persuading men of the truths of our religion; one by the power of reason, the other by the authority of the speaker. We do not use the latter but the former. We do not say: 'You must believe that because Scripture, which says it, is divine,' but we say that it must be believed for such and such a reason. But these are feeble arguments, because reason can be bent in any direction. Blaise Pascal
Nobody is publicly accepted as an expert on poetry unless he displays the sign of poet, mathematician, etc., but universal men want no sign and make hardly any distinction between the crafts of poet and embroiderer.Universal men are not called poets or mathematicians, etc. But they are all these things and judges of them too. No one could guess what they are, and they will talk about whatever was being talked about when they came in. One quality is not more noticeable in them than another,... 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: "Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it..."
Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds..."
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity,..."
Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do..."
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when..."
Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Men are so inevitably mad that not to be mad would be to give..."
Men are so inevitably mad that not to be mad would be to give a mad twist to madness. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true."
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to..."
Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Men blaspheme what they do not know."
Men blaspheme what they do not know. Blaise Pascal

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