Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity. Blaise Pascal More Quotes by Blaise Pascal More Quotes From Blaise Pascal Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere Blaise Pascal hateimportantlying He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright. Blaise Pascal trust-in-godtruthmay We make an idol of truth itself; for truth apart from charity is not God, but His image and idol, which we must neither love nor worship. Blaise Pascal idolsagelove Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ who dwells in thee. Blaise Pascal deedslittlesjesus Opinion is, as it were, the queen of the world, but force is its tyrant. Blaise Pascal tyrantsqueensworld Fuller believed human societies would soon rely mainly on renewable sources of energy, Blaise Pascal heartwindlife To make a man a saint, it must indeed be by grace; and whoever doubts this does not know what a saint is, or a man. Blaise Pascal gracereligiousmen To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher. Blaise Pascal philosopherphilosophy Man is neither angel nor beast. Blaise Pascal beastangelmen Anyone who does not see the vanity of the world is very vain himself. So who does not see it, apart from young people whose lives are all noise, diversions, and thoughts for the future? But take away their diversion and you will see them bored to extinction. Then they feel their nullity without recognizing it, for nothing could be more wretched than to be intolerably depressed as soon as one is reduced to introspection with no means of diversion. Blaise Pascal vanitymeanpeople Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. Blaise Pascal natureinspiringmen A jester, a bad character. Blaise Pascal bad-characterjestercharacter It is not certain that everything is uncertain. Blaise Pascal intelligenceuncertainmath The heart has arguments with which the logic of mind is not aquainted. Blaise Pascal logicmindheart Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing when things go well without being annoyed when they go badly would have found the point. Blaise Pascal annoyedsecretfound Description of man: dependence, longing for independence, need. Blaise Pascal independencemenneeds For nature is an image of Grace, and visible miracles are images of the invisible. Blaise Pascal miraclenaturegrace All our dignity lies in our thoughts. Blaise Pascal our-thoughtsdignitylying This is what I see, and what troubles me. I look on all sides, and everywhere I see nothing but obscurity. Nature offers me nothing that is not a matter of doubt and disquiet. Blaise Pascal obscuritydoubtlooks What amazes me most is to see that everyone is not amazed at his own weakness. Blaise Pascal amazedweakness
