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Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and philosopher. A child prodigy in mathematics, he made foundational contributions to probability theory and invented an early mechanical calculator. His *Pensées*, a collection of fragments on theology and philosophy, remains one of the masterpieces of French prose.

“Imagination disposes of everything it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.”

— Blaise Pascal

Beauty

All Quotes by Blaise Pascal

“Imagination disposes of everything it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.”

— Blaise Pascal

Beauty

“We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.”

— Blaise Pascal

Truth

“The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.”

— Blaise Pascal

Strength

“Human beings must be known to be loved but Divine beings must be loved to be known.”

— Blaise Pascal

Religion

“Men blaspheme what they do not know.”

— Blaise Pascal

Men

“Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.”

— Blaise Pascal

Inspirational

“Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.”

— Blaise Pascal

Men

“Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same.”

— Blaise Pascal

Truth

“The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.”

— Blaise Pascal

Great

“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

Sports

“Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.”

— Blaise Pascal

Business

“If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.”

— Blaise Pascal

Future

“Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.”

— Blaise Pascal

Truth

“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

Death

“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

Great

“The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.”

— Blaise Pascal

Death

“It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.”

— Blaise Pascal

Faith

“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.”

— Blaise Pascal

Nature

“Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.”

— Blaise Pascal

Experience

“Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.”

— Blaise Pascal

Knowledge