Nothing is thoroughly approved but mediocrity. The majority has established this, and it fixes its fangs on whatever gets beyond it either way. Blaise Pascal More Quotes by Blaise Pascal More Quotes From Blaise Pascal It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs. Blaise Pascal impactwritingsong In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart. Blaise Pascal difficult-timesheartbeautiful Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves. Blaise Pascal passioninspirationallove We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth. Blaise Pascal hesitationshouldmen Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is. Blaise Pascal kindnessbeautifulmeaningful Faith is a gift of God. Blaise Pascal gift-from-god One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts. Blaise Pascal spiritualmenthinking Unless we love the truth we cannot know it. Blaise Pascal truth-and-falsehoodfalsehoodknows There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous. Blaise Pascal righteous-livingmenthinking Not only do we know God by Jesus Christ alone, but we know ourselves only by Jesus Christ. We know life and death only through Jesus Christ. Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not know what is our life, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves. Blaise Pascal life-and-deathchristianjesus Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. Blaise Pascal proofdifferentfaith Man's greatness lies in his power of thought. Blaise Pascal greatnesspowerlying Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. Blaise Pascal ordinary-extraordinaryintelligencemath Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true and then show that it is. Blaise Pascal good-manhatemen Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light is throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so. Blaise Pascal meanpastthinking Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it. Blaise Pascal vanitycuriositypride Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God. Blaise Pascal unionshappiness Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries. Blaise Pascal consolemiserydistraction Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. Blaise Pascal sadreligiousinspirational It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason. Blaise Pascal existentialismgodheart
