Blaise Pascal

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. ”

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. ”

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. ”

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. ”

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. ”

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

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

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted. ”

Imagination decides everything. ”

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious. ”