Nature, which alone is good, is wholly familiar and common. Blaise Pascal More Quotes by Blaise Pascal More Quotes From Blaise Pascal Men are so completely fools by necessity that he is but a fool in a higher strain of folly who does not confess his foolishness. Blaise Pascal fool doe men Evil is easily discovered; there is an infinite variety; good is almost unique. But some kinds of evil are almost as difficult to discover as that which we call good; and often particular evil of this class passes for good. It needs even a certain greatness of soul to attain to this, as to that which is good. Blaise Pascal greatness unique class There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds more than they think of without that warmth. Blaise Pascal mind writing thinking When malice has reason on its side, it looks forth bravely, and displays that reason in all its luster. When austerity and self-denial have not realized true happiness, and the soul returns to the dictates of nature, the reaction is fearfully extravagant. Blaise Pascal austerity soul self Console-toi, tu ne me chercherais pas si tu ne m'avais trouve . Comfort yourself.You would not seek me if you had not found me. Blaise Pascal console found comfort To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper bounds. There are two equally dangerous extremes- to shut reason out, and not to let nothing in. Blaise Pascal greatness knowing two How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all. Blaise Pascal realistic painting vain I should not be a Christian but for the miracles. Blaise Pascal miracle should christian (Man,) the glory and the scandal of the universe. Blaise Pascal scandal glory men Law was once introduced without reason, and has become reasonable. Blaise Pascal reasonable law reason Must we kill to prevent there being any wicked? This is to make both parties wicked instead of one. Blaise Pascal wicked party killing We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth. Blaise Pascal degrees climate justice Let man then contemplate the whole of nature in her full and grand majesty... No idea approaches it. We may enlarge our conceptions beyond all imaginable space; we only produce atoms in comparison with the reality of things. It is an infinite sphere, the center of which is everywhere, the circumference nowhere. Blaise Pascal nature men reality When we see an effect happen always in the same manner, we infer that it takes place by a natural necessity; as, for instance, that the sun will rise to morrow; but nature often deceives us, and will not submit to its own rules. Blaise Pascal deceiving nature sun If there were only one religion, God would indeed be manifest. Blaise Pascal religion-god manifest god Eloquence is the painting of thought. Blaise Pascal eloquence painting That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it. Blaise Pascal prove-it miracle doe Philosophers.-We are full of things which take us out of ourselves. Blaise Pascal philosopher That a religion may be true, it must have knowledge of our nature. Blaise Pascal being-true may religion Nothing fortifies scepticism more than that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong. Blaise Pascal scepticism would-be facts
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