All the excesses, all the violence, and all the vanity of great men, come from the fact that they know not what they are: it being difficult for those who regard themselves at heart as equal with all men... For this it is necessary for one to forget himself, and to believe that he has some real excellence above them, in which consists this illusion that I am endeavoring to discover to you.
Those we call the ancients were really new in everything. - Blaise Pascal
Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.
- Blaise Pascal
Let each of us examine his thoughts - Blaise Pascal
Let each of us examine his thoughts
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through … - Blaise Pascal
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through …
We are never in search of things, but always in search of the search. - Blaise Pascal
We are never in search of things, but always in search of the search.
Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to… - Blaise Pascal
Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to…
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… - Blaise Pascal
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…
People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. - Blaise Pascal
People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be called murderers. - Blaise Pascal
We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be called murderers.
Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years. - Blaise Pascal
Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
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