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Blaise Pascal Quotes

Blaise Pascal quotes about nature

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

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They prefer death to peace, others prefer death to war. Any opinion can be preferred to life, which it seems so natural to love dearly. Blaise Pascal
It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false. Blaise Pascal
All men naturally hate one another. They employ lust as far as possible in the service of the public weal. But this is only a pretence and a false image of love; for at bottom it is only hate. Blaise Pascal
Once that is clearly understood, I think that each of us can stay quietly in the state in which nature has placed him. since the middle station allotted to us is always far from the extremes, what does it matter if someone else has a slightly better understanding of things? If he has, and if he takes them a little further, is he not still infinitely remote from the goal? Is not our span of life equally infinitesimal in eternity, even if it is extended by ten years? In the perspective of... 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
We know that there is an infinite, and we know not its nature. As we know it to be false that numbers are finite, it is therefore true that there is a numerical infinity. But we know not of what kind; it is untrue that it is even, untrue that it is odd; for the addition of a unit does not change its nature; yet it is a number, and every number is odd or even (this certainly holds of every finite number). Thus we may quite well know that there is a God without knowing what He is. Blaise Pascal
We naturally believe we are more capable of reaching the centre of things than of embracing their circumference, and the visible extent of the world is visibly greater than we. But since we in our turn are greater than small things, we think we are more capable of mastering them, and yet it takes no less capacity to reach nothingness than the whole. In either case it takes an infinite capacity, and it seems to me that anyone who had understood the ultimate principles of things might also... Blaise Pascal
Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapour, a drop of water is enough to kill him. but even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than his slayer, because he knows that he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows none of this. Blaise Pascal
Each man is everything to himself, for with his death everything is dead for him. That is why each of us thinks he is everything to everyone. We must not judge nature by ourselves, but by its own standards. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature;..."
Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good. Blaise Pascal
Since [man's] true nature has been lost, anything can become his nature: similarly, true good being lost, anything can become his true good. Blaise Pascal
Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it reasons, and calls this nature necessity, and can believe nothing else. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death."
Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death."
Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed;..."
When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person. Blaise Pascal

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