Blaise Pascal Quotes And Sayings

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal also wrote in defence of the scientific method. Pascal was an important mathematician, helping create two major new areas of research: he wrote a significant treatise on the subject of projective geometry at the age of 16, and later corresponded with Pierre de Fermat on probability theory, strongly influencing the development of modern economics and social science.

The Heart Has Its Reasons Of Which Reason Knows Nothing.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (1) - The Heart Has Its Reasons Of Which Rea... - QuotesThe Heart Has Its Reasons Of Which Reason Knows Nothing.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (1) - The Heart Has Its Reasons Of Which Rea... - Quotes

If You Gain, You Gain All. If You Lose, You Lose Nothing. Wager Then, Without Hesitation, That He Exists.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (10) - If You Gain, You Gain All. If You Los... - QuotesIf You Gain, You Gain All. If You Lose, You Lose Nothing. Wager Then, Without Hesitation, That He Exists.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (10) - If You Gain, You Gain All. If You Los... - Quotes

The Self Is Hateful.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (100) - The Self Is Hateful.... - QuotesThe Self Is Hateful.

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We Never Love A Person, But Only Qualities.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (101) - We Never Love A Person, But Only Qua... - QuotesWe Never Love A Person, But Only Qualities.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (101) - We Never Love A Person, But Only Qua... - Quotes

Man's True Nature Being Lost, Everything Becomes His Nature; As, His True Good Being Lost, Everything Becomes His Good.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (102) - Man's True Nature Being Lost, Everyt... - QuotesMan's True Nature Being Lost, Everything Becomes His Nature; As, His True Good Being Lost, Everything Becomes His Good.

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Our Nature Consists In Motion; Complete Rest Is Death.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (103) - Our Nature Consists In Motion; Compl... - QuotesOur Nature Consists In Motion; Complete Rest Is Death.

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The Only Shame Is To Have None.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (104) - The Only Shame Is To Have None.... - QuotesThe Only Shame Is To Have None.

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Atheism Shows Strength Of Mind, But Only To A Certain Degree.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (106) - Atheism Shows Strength Of Mind, But ... - QuotesAtheism Shows Strength Of Mind, But Only To A Certain Degree.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (106) - Atheism Shows Strength Of Mind, But ... - Quotes

Justice Is What Is Established; And Thus All Our Established Laws Will Necessarily Be Regarded As Just Without Examination, Since They Are Established.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (105) - Justice Is What Is Established; And ... - QuotesJustice Is What Is Established; And Thus All Our Established Laws Will Necessarily Be Regarded As Just Without Examination, Since They Are Established.

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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 Quotes (107) - It Is Natural For The Mind To Believ... - QuotesIt 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.

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A Trifle Consoles Us, For A Trifle Distresses Us.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (108) - A Trifle Consoles Us, For A Trifle D... - QuotesA Trifle Consoles Us, For A Trifle Distresses Us.

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I Can Well Conceive A Man Without Hands, Feet, Head. But I Cannot Conceive Man Without Thought; He Would Be A Stone Or A Brute.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (109) - I Can Well Conceive A Man Without Ha... - QuotesI Can Well Conceive A Man Without Hands, Feet, Head. But I Cannot Conceive Man Without Thought; He Would Be A Stone Or A Brute.

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Truth Is So Obscure In These Times, And Falsehood So Established, That, Unless We Love The Truth, We Cannot Know It.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (11) - Truth Is So Obscure In These Times, A... - QuotesTruth Is So Obscure In These Times, And Falsehood So Established, That, Unless We Love The Truth, We Cannot Know It.

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The Last Act Is Bloody, However Pleasant All The Rest Of The Play Is: A Little Earth Is Thrown At Last Upon Our Head, And That Is The End Forever.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (110) - The Last Act Is Bloody, However Plea... - QuotesThe Last Act Is Bloody, However Pleasant All The Rest Of The Play Is: A Little Earth Is Thrown At Last Upon Our Head, And That Is The End Forever.

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Between Us And Heaven Or Hell There Is Only Life, Which Is The Frailest Thing In The World.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (111) - Between Us And Heaven Or Hell There ... - QuotesBetween Us And Heaven Or Hell There Is Only Life, Which Is The Frailest Thing In The World.

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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 Quotes (112) - Men Often Take Their Imagination For... - QuotesMen Often Take Their Imagination For Their Heart; And They Believe They Are Converted As Soon As They Think Of Being Converted.

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The Sensitivity Of Men To Small Matters, And Their Indifference To Great Ones, Indicates A Strange Inversion.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (114) - The Sensitivity Of Men To Small Matt... - QuotesThe Sensitivity Of Men To Small Matters, And Their Indifference To Great Ones, Indicates A Strange Inversion.

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Chance Gives Rise To Thoughts, And Chance Removes Them; No Art Can Keep Or Acquire Them.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (113) - Chance Gives Rise To Thoughts, And C... - QuotesChance Gives Rise To Thoughts, And Chance Removes Them; No Art Can Keep Or Acquire Them.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (113) - Chance Gives Rise To Thoughts, And C... - Quotes

The Weather And My Mood Have Little Connection. I Have My Foggy And My Fine Days Within Me; My Prosperity Or Misfortune Has Little To Do With The Matter.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (115) - The Weather And My Mood Have Little ... - QuotesThe Weather And My Mood Have Little Connection. I Have My Foggy And My Fine Days Within Me; My Prosperity Or Misfortune Has Little To Do With The Matter.

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If We Must Not Act Save On A Certainty, We Ought Not To Act On Religion, For It Is Not Certain. But How Many Things We Do On An Uncertainty, Sea Voyages, Battles!

Blaise Pascal Quotes (116) - If We Must Not Act Save On A Certain... - QuotesIf We Must Not Act Save On A Certainty, We Ought Not To Act On Religion, For It Is Not Certain. But How Many Things We Do On An Uncertainty, Sea Voyages, Battles!

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Nothing Fortifies Scepticism More Than The Fact That There Are Some Who Are Not Sceptics; If All Were So, They Would Be Wrong.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (117) - Nothing Fortifies Scepticism More Th... - QuotesNothing Fortifies Scepticism More Than The Fact That There Are Some Who Are Not Sceptics; If All Were So, They Would Be Wrong.

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We Like Security: We Like The Pope To Be Infallible In Matters Of Faith, And Grave Doctors To Be So In Moral Questions So That We Can Feel Reassured.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (118) - We Like Security: We Like The Pope T... - QuotesWe Like Security: We Like The Pope To Be Infallible In Matters Of Faith, And Grave Doctors To Be So In Moral Questions So That We Can Feel Reassured.

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Kind Words Do Not Cost Much. Yet They Accomplish Much.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (12) - Kind Words Do Not Cost Much. Yet They... - QuotesKind Words Do Not Cost Much. Yet They Accomplish Much.

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As Men Are Not Able To Fight Against Death, Misery, Ignorance, They Have Taken It Into Their Heads, In Order To Be Happy, Not To Think Of Them At All.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (119) - As Men Are Not Able To Fight Against... - QuotesAs Men Are Not Able To Fight Against Death, Misery, Ignorance, They Have Taken It Into Their Heads, In Order To Be Happy, Not To Think Of Them At All.

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The Immortality Of The Soul Is A Matter Which Is Of So Great Consequence To Us And Which Touches Us So Profoundly That We Must Have Lost All Feeling To Be Indifferent About It.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (120) - The Immortality Of The Soul Is A Mat... - QuotesThe Immortality Of The Soul Is A Matter Which Is Of So Great Consequence To Us And Which Touches Us So Profoundly That We Must Have Lost All Feeling To Be Indifferent About It.

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There Are Two Kinds Of People One Can Call Reasonable: Those Who Serve God With All Their Heart Because They Know Him, And Those Who Seek Him With All Their Heart Because They Do Not Know Him.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (121) - There Are Two Kinds Of People One Ca... - QuotesThere Are Two Kinds Of People One Can Call Reasonable: Those Who Serve God With All Their Heart Because They Know Him, And Those Who Seek Him With All Their Heart Because They Do Not Know Him.

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Habit Is A Second Nature That Destroys The First. But What Is Nature? Why Is Habit Not Natural? I Am Very Much Afraid That Nature Itself Is Only A First Habit, Just As Habit Is A Second Nature.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (122) - Habit Is A Second Nature That Destro... - QuotesHabit Is A Second Nature That Destroys The First. But What Is Nature? Why Is Habit Not Natural? I Am Very Much Afraid That Nature Itself Is Only A First Habit, Just As Habit Is A Second Nature.

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The Last Proceeding Of Reason Is To Recognize That There Is An Infinity Of Things Which Are Beyond It. There Is Nothing So Conformable To Reason As This Disavowal Of Reason.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (123) - The Last Proceeding Of Reason Is To ... - QuotesThe Last Proceeding Of Reason Is To Recognize That There Is An Infinity Of Things Which Are Beyond It. There Is Nothing So Conformable To Reason As This Disavowal Of Reason.

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To Have No Time For Philosophy Is To Be A True Philosopher.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (124) - To Have No Time For Philosophy Is To... - QuotesTo Have No Time For Philosophy Is To Be A True Philosopher.

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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 Quotes (125) - Our Soul Is Cast Into A Body, Where ... - QuotesOur 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.

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Continuous Eloquence Wearies. Grandeur Must Be Abandoned To Be Appreciated. Continuity In Everything Is Unpleasant. Cold Is Agreeable, That We May Get Warm.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (126) - Continuous Eloquence Wearies. Grande... - QuotesContinuous Eloquence Wearies. Grandeur Must Be Abandoned To Be Appreciated. Continuity In Everything Is Unpleasant. Cold Is Agreeable, That We May Get Warm.

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Concupiscence And Force Are The Source Of All Our Actions; Concupiscence Causes Voluntary Actions, Force Involuntary Ones.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (127) - Concupiscence And Force Are The Sour... - QuotesConcupiscence And Force Are The Source Of All Our Actions; Concupiscence Causes Voluntary Actions, Force Involuntary Ones.

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The Consciousness Of The Falsity Of Present Pleasures, And The Ignorance Of The Vanity Of Absent Pleasures, Cause Inconstancy.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (128) - The Consciousness Of The Falsity Of ... - QuotesThe Consciousness Of The Falsity Of Present Pleasures, And The Ignorance Of The Vanity Of Absent Pleasures, Cause Inconstancy.

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Do You Wish People To Think Well Of You? Don't Speak Well Of Yourself.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (13) - Do You Wish People To Think Well Of Y... - QuotesDo You Wish People To Think Well Of You? Don't Speak Well Of Yourself.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (13) - Do You Wish People To Think Well Of Y... - Quotes

We View Things Not Only From Different Sides, But With Different Eyes; We Have No Wish To Find Them Alike.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (14) - We View Things Not Only From Differen... - QuotesWe View Things Not Only From Different Sides, But With Different Eyes; We Have No Wish To Find Them Alike.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (14) - We View Things Not Only From Differen... - Quotes

We Sail Within A Vast Sphere, Ever Drifting In Uncertainty, Driven From End To End.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (15) - We Sail Within A Vast Sphere, Ever Dr... - QuotesWe Sail Within A Vast Sphere, Ever Drifting In Uncertainty, Driven From End To End.

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The Least Movement Is Of Importance To All Nature. The Entire Ocean Is Affected By A Pebble.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (16) - The Least Movement Is Of Importance T... - QuotesThe Least Movement Is Of Importance To All Nature. The Entire Ocean Is Affected By A Pebble.

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Faith Is Different From Proof; The Latter Is Human, The Former Is A Gift From God.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (18) - Faith Is Different From Proof; The La... - QuotesFaith Is Different From Proof; The Latter Is Human, The Former Is A Gift From God.

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Can Anything Be Stupider Than That A Man Has The Right To Kill Me Because He Lives On The Other Side Of A River And His Ruler Has A Quarrel With Mine, Though I Have Not Quarrelled With Him?

Blaise Pascal Quotes (17) - Can Anything Be Stupider Than That A ... - QuotesCan Anything Be Stupider Than That A Man Has The Right To Kill Me Because He Lives On The Other Side Of A River And His Ruler Has A Quarrel With Mine, Though I Have Not Quarrelled With Him?

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Truly It Is An Evil To Be Full Of Faults; But It Is A Still Greater Evil To Be Full Of Them And To Be Unwilling To Recognize Them, Since That Is To Add The Further Fault Of A Voluntary Illusion.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (19) - Truly It Is An Evil To Be Full Of Fau... - QuotesTruly It Is An Evil To Be Full Of Faults; But It Is A Still Greater Evil To Be Full Of Them And To Be Unwilling To Recognize Them, Since That Is To Add The Further Fault Of A Voluntary Illusion.

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Thus So Wretched Is Man That He Would Weary Even Without Any Cause For Weariness... And So Frivolous Is He That, Though Full Of A Thousand Reasons For Weariness, The Least Thing, Such As Playing Billiards Or Hitting A Ball, Is Sufficient Enough To Amuse Him.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (20) - Thus So Wretched Is Man That He Would... - QuotesThus So Wretched Is Man That He Would Weary Even Without Any Cause For Weariness... And So Frivolous Is He That, Though Full Of A Thousand Reasons For Weariness, The Least Thing, Such As Playing Billiards Or Hitting A Ball, Is Sufficient Enough To Amuse Him.

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All Men's Miseries Derive From Not Being Able To Sit In A Quiet Room Alone.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (2) - All Men's Miseries Derive From Not Bei... - QuotesAll Men's Miseries Derive From Not Being Able To Sit In A Quiet Room Alone.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (2) - All Men's Miseries Derive From Not Bei... - Quotes

Eloquence Is A Painting Of The Thoughts.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (21) - Eloquence Is A Painting Of The Though... - QuotesEloquence Is A Painting Of The Thoughts.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (21) - Eloquence Is A Painting Of The Though... - Quotes

Man's Greatness Lies In His Power Of Thought.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (23) - Man's Greatness Lies In His Power Of ... - QuotesMan's Greatness Lies In His Power Of Thought.

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Faith Embraces Many Truths Which Seem To Contradict Each Other.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (22) - Faith Embraces Many Truths Which Seem... - QuotesFaith Embraces Many Truths Which Seem To Contradict Each Other.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (22) - Faith Embraces Many Truths Which Seem... - Quotes

Vanity Is But The Surface.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (24) - Vanity Is But The Surface.... - QuotesVanity Is But The Surface.

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When We Are In Love We Seem To Ourselves Quite Different From What We Were Before.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (25) - When We Are In Love We Seem To Oursel... - QuotesWhen We Are In Love We Seem To Ourselves Quite Different From What We Were Before.

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Nature Is An Infinite Sphere Of Which The Center Is Everywhere And The Circumference Nowhere.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (26) - Nature Is An Infinite Sphere Of Which... - QuotesNature Is An Infinite Sphere Of Which The Center Is Everywhere And The Circumference Nowhere.

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Nothing Is As Approved As Mediocrity, The Majority Has Established It And It Fixes Its Fangs On Whatever Gets Beyond It Either Way.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (27) - Nothing Is As Approved As Mediocrity,... - QuotesNothing Is As Approved As Mediocrity, The Majority Has Established It And It Fixes Its Fangs On Whatever Gets Beyond It Either Way.

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Nothing Gives Rest But The Sincere Search For Truth.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (28) - Nothing Gives Rest But The Sincere Se... - QuotesNothing Gives Rest But The Sincere Search For Truth.

Blaise Pascal Quotes (28) - Nothing Gives Rest But The Sincere Se... - Quotes