Blaise Pascal
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.
To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
Man's nature is not always to advance; it has its advances and retreats.
The heart has its reasons, of which the mind knows nothing.
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short.
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.