Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. Blaise Pascal More Quotes by Blaise Pascal More Quotes From Blaise Pascal The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. Blaise Pascal best-effortvictorystruggle Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them. Blaise Pascal contraryperceptionfaith To deny, to believe, and to doubt well, are to a man what the race is to a horse. Blaise Pascal horsemathbelieve The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. Blaise Pascal leisureletterslong Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. Blaise Pascal powerfultogetherjustice 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 ignorancetimeknowledge Most of man's trouble comes from his inability to be still. Blaise Pascal inabilitytroublemen You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend. Blaise Pascal atheistspiritualdeath Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death. Blaise Pascal dyingdeath All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against certain obstacles, and once they are overcome, rest proves intolerable because of the boredom it produces. Blaise Pascal boredomstruggleblessing The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it. Blaise Pascal lastsinfinityhistory 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 offended-yougrieflife The law required what it could not give. Grace gives that which it requires. Blaise Pascal gracelawgiving Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death. Blaise Pascal journeylyingtravel How can anyone lose who chooses to become a Christian? If, when he dies, there turns out to be no God and his faith was in vain, he has lost nothing...If, however, there is a God and a heaven and a hell. then he has gained heaven and his skeptical friends have lost everything. Blaise Pascal lost-everythingchristianheaven The last advance of reason is to recognize that it is surpassed by innumerable things; it is feeble if it cannot realize that. Blaise Pascal realizinglastsreason Pride counterbalances all our miseries, for it either hides them, or, if it discloses them, boasts of that disclosure. Pride has such a thorough possession of us, even in the midst of our miseries and faults, that we are prepared to sacrifice life with joy, if it may but be talked of. Blaise Pascal sacrificepridejoy Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. Blaise Pascal hatefearmen If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. Blaise Pascal humorousgodfunny What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster... what a contradiction, what a prodigy Blaise Pascal inspirationmonstersmen
