Quotes by Blaise Pascal
129 quotes by Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal - french mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher
Was born on 19 jun 1623.
Died on 19 aug 1662, at 39 years old.
Died on 19 aug 1662, at 39 years old.
Origin country: France
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All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about world, human imperfections, man
All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about human imperfections, quiet, man, being
Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about faith, atheism, mind
Belief is a wise wager, granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false. If you gain, you gain all, if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about faith, contentment, truth, nothing
Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about hell, things, world, life
Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them, no art can keep or acquire them.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about events, chance, art, magic
Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions, concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about force, police
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about truth
Custom is our nature, what are our natural principles but principles of custom.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about nature
Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions, desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about wish, force, police
Do you wish people to think well of you, don't speak well of yourself.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about people, wish, contentment
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
Quote by Blaise Pascal about fame, wish
