The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason. Blaise Pascal More Quotes by Blaise Pascal More Quotes From Blaise Pascal There is a God-shaped hole in the life of every man. Blaise Pascal every-man holes men To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize. Blaise Pascal ridicule philosophy Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself. Blaise Pascal thanks complaining giving The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason. Blaise Pascal logic math men When I see the blind and wretched state of men, when I survey the whole universe in its deadness, and man left to himself with no light, as though lost in this corner of the universe without knowing who put him there, what he has to do, or what will become of him when he dies, incapable of knowing anything, I am moved to terror, like a man transported in his sleep to some terrifying desert island, who wakes up quite lost, with no means of escape. Then I marvel that so wretched a state does not drive people to despair. Blaise Pascal atheist sleep mean L'homme n'est ni ange ni be" te, et le malheur veut que qui veut faire l'ange fait la be" te. Man is neither angel nor beast.Unfortunately, he who wants to act the angel often acts the beast. Blaise Pascal angel want men The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion. Blaise Pascal strange matter men The principles of pleasure are not firm and stable. They are different in all mankind, and variable in every particular with such a diversity that there is no man more different from Blaise Pascal diversity principles men Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same. Blaise Pascal wine littles giving [Unbelievers] think they have made great efforts to get at the truth when they have spent a few hours in reading some book out of Holy Scripture, and have questioned some cleric about the truths of the faith. After that, they boast that they have searched in books and among men in vain. Blaise Pascal reading men book We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it. Blaise Pascal wedding love men Imagination decides everything. Blaise Pascal imagination teacher inspirational We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike. Blaise Pascal two-sides eye views Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force. Blaise Pascal opinion use world Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back. Blaise Pascal behinds emotional friendship It is certain that the soul is either mortal or immortal. The decision of this question must make a total difference in the principles of morals. Yet philosophers have arranged their moral system entirely independent of this. What an extraordinary blindness! Blaise Pascal independent differences decision Our soul is cast into a body, where it finds number, time, dimension. Thereupon it reasons, and calls this nature necessity, and can believe nothing else. Blaise Pascal time numbers believe We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be called murderers. Blaise Pascal memorial-day rivers war The greatness of man is so evident that it is even proved by his wretchedness. For what in animals is nature, we call in man wretchedness--by which we recognize that, his nature being now like that of animals, he has fallen from a better nature which once was his. Blaise Pascal greatness animal men The gospel to me is simply irresistible. Blaise Pascal irresistible
