Blaise Pascal Quotes

French - Philosopher June 19, 1623 - August 19, 1662

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

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

Nature, Ocean, Movement, Pebble, Least

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. - Blaise Pascal

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. Blaise Pascal

Communication, Painting, Thoughts

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. - Blaise Pascal

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. Blaise Pascal

Great, Intelligence, Small, Minds

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. - Blaise Pascal

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. Blaise Pascal

Words, Accomplish, Kind, Cost, Much

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. - Blaise Pascal

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. Blaise Pascal

Heart, Valentine's Day, Nothing, Reason

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. Blaise Pascal

Faith, Light, Believe, Blind, Enough

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. - Blaise Pascal

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. Blaise Pascal

Alone, Men, Quiet, Room, Sit, Being

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Blaise Pascal

Faith, Truth, Wise, You, Lose, Nothing

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. - Blaise Pascal

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. Blaise Pascal

Justice, Without, Force, Powerless

Little things console us because little things afflict us. Blaise Pascal

Little Things, Little, Things, Us

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

God, Faith, Gift, Human, Different

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. Blaise Pascal

Love, Truth, Truth Is, Know, Obscure

We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike. Blaise Pascal

Eyes, View, Wish, Find, Sides, Things

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere. - Blaise Pascal

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

Nature, Infinite, Nowhere, Center, Which

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous. Blaise Pascal

Men, Think, Two, Kinds, Only, Sinners

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. Blaise Pascal

Sail, Uncertainty, End, Within, Driven

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. - Blaise Pascal

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. Blaise Pascal

Power, Man, Greatness, Thought, Lies

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. Blaise Pascal

Change, Time, Moving On, Offended, More

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

Time, Because, Only, Make, Made, Than

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, Science, Time, Ignorance, Me

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. - Blaise Pascal

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. Blaise Pascal

Inspirational, Deeds, Noble, Most

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

Strength, Man, Special, Virtue, Measured

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand. - Blaise Pascal

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand. Blaise Pascal

Love, Understand, Reason, Cannot, Which

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason. Blaise Pascal

Man, Beyond, Reason, Things, Function

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. - Blaise Pascal

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. Blaise Pascal

Alone, Fight, Victory, Us, Pleases

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

Nature, Man, Thinking, Most, He, Thing

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