Blaise Pascal Quotes

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

Imagination decides everything.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.

Most of man's trouble comes from his inability to be still.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.

It is the heart that perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God is perceived by the heart, not by reason.

Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.

Happiness is neither within us nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.

I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn't than live as if he doesn't exist to find out He does.

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

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

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.

Once your soul has been enlarged by truth, it can never return to its original size.

I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.

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

If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.

We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.

The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.

In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.

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

Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.