Blaise Pascal Quotes
It is the heart which experiences God, and not the reason. This, then, is faith: God felt by the heart, not by the reason.
By space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world.
Nature imitates itself. A grain thrown into good ground brings forth fruit; a principle thrown into a good mind brings forth fruit.
Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of yourself.
The virtue of man ought to be measured, not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct.
The highest order of mind is accused of folly, as well as the lowest. Nothing is thoroughly approved but mediocrity. The majority has established this, and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way.
Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.
The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time his greatness. It is likewise dangerous to let him see his greatness without his meanness. It is more dangerous yet to leave him ignorant of either; but very beneficial that he should be made sensible of both.
There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each man which cannot be satisfied by any created thing but only by God the Creator, made know through Jesus Christ.
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