Blaise Pascal

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

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere. ”

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. ”

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good. ”

Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death. ”

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. ”

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? ”

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. ”

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room. ”

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