Blaise Pascal

heart resons

“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.”

― Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

humanity problems alone

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

― Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

evil religion conviction

“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”

― Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

intelligent hell stupid heaven

“I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.”

― Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

obscure truth love

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.”

― Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

uncertainty

“Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain."

(It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)

― Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

past present future

"Que chacun examine ses penseés, il les trouvera toutes occupeés au passé ou à l'avenir. Nous ne pensons presque point au présent, et si nous y pensons, ce n'est que pur en prendre la lumière pour disposer de l'avenir."

"Let each one examine his thoughts, he finds all occupied in the past or in the future. We hardly think of the present, and if we think about it, it is pure light take to dispose of the future ."

"Enhver som gransker sine tanker, vil finne dem opptatt med fortiden eller fremtiden. Vi tenker knapt på nåtiden, og hvis vi gjør det, er det kun for å kaste lys på våre planer for fremtiden ."

― Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

unhappiness sit quiet chamber

“All the unhappiness of men arises from one simple fact: that they cannot sit quietly in their chamber.”

― Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

more time shorter letter writing brevity

"Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."

("If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.")

― Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)