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Blaise Pascal Quotes

Blaise Pascal quotes

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

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Blaise Pascal quote: "All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling."
All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling. Blaise Pascal
It is not from space that I must seek my dignity, but from the government of my thought. I shall have no more if I possess worlds. By space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world. Blaise Pascal
There is no denying it; one must admit that there is something astonishing about Christianity. 'It is because you were born in it,' they will say. Far from it; I stiffen myself against it for that very reason, for fear of being corrupted by prejudice. But, though I was born in it, I cannot help finding it astonishing. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "By space the universe encompasses me and swallows me up like..."
By space the universe encompasses me and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world. Blaise Pascal
People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others. 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: "Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other."
Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the..."
Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them. Blaise Pascal
Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise."
I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise. 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
Blaise Pascal quote: "The motions of Grace, the hardness of heart; external..."
The motions of Grace, the hardness of heart; external circumstances. Blaise Pascal
What a chimaera then is man, what a novelty, what a monster, what chaos, what a subject of contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, yet an imbecile earthworm; depository of truth, yet a sewer of uncertainty and error; pride and refuse of the universe. Who shall resolve this tangle? Blaise Pascal
The greatest and most important thing in the world is founded on weakness. This is a remarkably sure foundation, for nothing is surer than that the people will be weak. Blaise Pascal

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