Blaise Pascal Quotes

Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.

Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and scholars. Certainty. Certainty. Feeling. Joy. Peace.

Comfort yourself. You would not seek me if you had not found me.

Silence is the greatest of all persecutions: no saint was ever silent.

I only believe in histories told by witnesses who would have had their throats slit.

It is not only impossible, but also useless to recognize God without Jesus.

There are only two types of people: the virtuous who believe themselves to be sinners and the sinners who believe themselves to be virtuous.

In one word, man knows that he is miserable and therefore he is miserable because he knows it; but he is also worthy, because he knows his condition.

Man is neither angel nor beast. Unfortunately, he who wants to act the angel often acts the beast.

The most important thing in life is to choose a profession: chance arranges for that.

What is man in nature? Nothing in comparison to the infinite, all in comparison to nothing, a mean between nothing and everything.

Eloquence should persuade gently, not by force or like a tyrant or king.

The more intelligent one is, the greater the differences one finds among men. Ordinary persons do not perceive differences among men.

Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

All our reasoning comes down to surrendering to feeling.

Let us weigh up the gain and loss involved in calling heads that God exists. Let us assess the two cases: if you win you win everything, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate then; wager that he does exist.

The last act is bloody, however fine the rest of the play. They throw earth over your head and it is finished forever.

How many kingdoms know nothing of us!

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.